Example sentences of "[verb] a long [noun sg] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm writing a long article about the horrors of the diet and exercise industry . ’ ) |
| 2 | I have thought a long time about this and I think I know the answer . |
| 3 | Jasper had apparently become excited and expostulatory , and made a long speech about fascist imperialism . |
| 4 | The Minutes record ‘ There followed a long discussion about the merits of bondholders and Dr. G. O'Gorman forcibly made the point that their position and relative control was undemocratic and that their strength was out of balance with their numbers . ’ |
| 5 | There followed a long talk about books . |
| 6 | He had put off his armour , and rode in black and gold , with high gauntlets of purple leather , and a fine , extravagant capuchon in the same purple draped and twisted into a flaunting hat that drooped a long liripipe about his shoulders . |
| 7 | I shall write a long poem about what I saw shining from the other side . ’ |
| 8 | The Independent on Sunday , published three days afterwards , carried a long article about the prospects for local authority compulsory competitive tendering under the Labour government the writer assumed would be in place once the paper was published . |
| 9 | er , I did n't see a nun at , most of them were just ordinary nursing staff , just popped in to see how I was and we had a long chat about |
| 10 | William Jackson and John Turner had a long discussion about exporting , as they were both inexperienced in such matters , and they listed the strengths and weaknesses of Quality Kraft Carpets in order to arrive at a decision as to which would be the most appropriate overseas market to enter . |
| 11 | Because we had a long discussion about training needs , audits and all this sort of thing . |
| 12 | ‘ We had a long talk about the future . ’ |
| 13 | One of the things we did n't mention , deliberately , which I , I know Richard said they had a long debate about was child labour . |
| 14 | Two men held a long argument about whether the whole thing was an establishment plot to repress gay men 's right to a freely expressed sexuality . |