Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] a long [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | On its right-hand side a long scar ran from just behind the ear to the corner of his mouth . |
| 2 | They are often hung between trees or old posts a long way apart , and they are extremely difficult to see . |
| 3 | Such judgements , however , are best made as close to the action as possible rather than on a theoretical basis a long way away . |
| 4 | The princess told them : ‘ I have come to terms with this relationship a long time ago . |
| 5 | It would offer 26 places each morning and afternoon , saving some families a long trek to Corporation Road and even further afield . |
| 6 | Nesting on a high ledge a long way above our tent were two lammergeirs — yellow-bellied vultures . |
| 7 | He cited as his favourite book a long novel about Lancashire and the cotton industry , which he referred to occasionally , but the great wealth of British literature was both unknown to him and something in which he clearly had no interest . |
| 8 | ‘ I have lived in this world a long time , child . |
| 9 | We 've been out on this balcony a long time , and no one has come to interrupt us . |
| 10 | ‘ It grows on the top of very tall trees in wet forests a long way away , and little frogs spend their whole lives in it . |
| 11 | Ruth gave Rachaela one of her Ruth-type presents , this time a long candle shaded through vermilion to orange , and this they burnt as their one festive token . |
| 12 | But I found out his real secret a long time ago . |
| 13 | In the spectrum of ammonia ( Fig. 6.17 ) , the band due to ionization from the lone pair orbital shows a long progression in a reduced symmetric deformation frequency . |
| 14 | It took the sad pair a long time to burn — I once read that the bill for the execution , including stake , chains and timber , came to about £3.7shillings ; . |
| 15 | All your stock , crop and equipment would become part of a vast operation , you and your staff would be workers operating to a master plan created in a central office a long way off . |
| 16 | In France the Third Republic inherited from the old monarchy and the Second Empire a long tradition of such support for Catholic missions in the Near East and China and showed itself as willing as its predecessors to shoulder what it felt to be its obligations in this respect . |
| 17 | So when we say we want the laws of physics perhaps to stay constant in time , when we observe these objects a long way away we 're observing the laws of physics as they were a long time ago . |
| 18 | ‘ Charlie was one of the sort that make a little go a long way . |
| 19 | Considering that Coward and Lawrence only ever appeared together twice in adult life , in Private Lives and Tonight at 8.30 , Mr Morley manages to make a little go a long way . |
| 20 | ‘ I knew someone of that name a long time ago . |
| 21 | Just as well they have something else in common : they have known each other a long time , and are all good friends . |
| 22 | We 'd known each other a long time . |
| 23 | ‘ We 've known each other a long time . |
| 24 | We 've known each other a long time . |
| 25 | We 're growing familiar , like we 've known each other a long time . |
| 26 | You and I have known each other a long time . |
| 27 | We gave each other a long hug . |
| 28 | But I learnt to control my baser urges a long time ago . |
| 29 | They 've got a fine album and a string of great singles a long way behind them , but the Demonz have yet to have the mass market fawning at their feet , unless you count their brief appearance in the video for ‘ The Bouncer ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ It has taken many geologists a long time to accept plate tectonics ’ , Dr Blake told New Scientist at the survey 's west coast headquarters in Menlo Park , south of San Francisco . |