Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Addition : Suppose you are given a long column of figures to add . |
| 2 | One lad , belonging to a respected family , had been given a long sentence although he and local residents emphatically maintained that he was not at the scene of the incident for which he was convicted . |
| 3 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 4 | I BELIEVE Dr Cox should have been given a long jail sentence . |
| 5 | If I 'd known that I would have been given a long lecture at the end of the day , well … ’ |
| 6 | They were beautiful , these Andalucían horses , and she had been given a long lecture on the subject by Ana , who seemed to be an expert . |
| 7 | This looks to have been painted a long time ago . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It 's something that should have been done a long time ago . |
| 9 | Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension . |
| 10 | But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before . |
| 11 | He could explain that this had been written a long time ago , when he was quite a different person . |
| 12 | for everything had been bought a long time ago |
| 13 | Chunnel cynics think the high profile of the rabies defences is meant to draw attention away from the real hazards of what 's been called the longest crematorium in the world |
| 14 | But er I mean er she , she was in a perfect position to do it , I mean she 'd been retired a long time , she was in good health and obviously an annuity would be perfect for her er where it would n't be for a younger person , so I mean life annuities not got . |
| 15 | He implied , in other words , that the BFASS had been brought a long way since its restrictive outlook had so divided the 1840 World Convention . |
| 16 | The outbreak of hostilities had the immediate effect of silencing most of those within Congress who had spoken out against war , and effectively removed the argument that sanctions should be given a longer period in which to work . |
| 17 | But because the new craft will broadcast at a high power , they will have to be spaced a long way apart so that TV sets in , say , Canada do not receive signals meant for the US . |
| 18 | It either comes from the river beds or is scraped from rock ( tufa ) higher up the mountain — either way it has to be carried a long way over steep slopes . |
| 19 | A few of us may become angry , but most of us have to be pushed a long way before we abandon our normal passivity . |
| 20 | Against the sometimes successful upward negotiation of wages by some groups of urban artisans must be set the long persistence of " customary " rates in other trades . |
| 21 | Toby seemed to be gone a long time , but I was n't measuring time very accurately . |
| 22 | ‘ He could be gone a long time , you know . ’ |
| 23 | We were pleased to be awarded a long term contract from BP for integrated engineering services on their Magnus , Thistle and Miller platforms . |
| 24 | 2.9 If on one or more occasion the carrying out of the Works is delayed in consequence of any circumstance beyond the control of the Landlord which the Landlord could not [ reasonably ] have prevented or avoided then on each such occasion the Landlord shall be allowed such extension of time for carrying out the Works as may be certified by the Architect as being reasonable having regard to the delay in question and the date by which the Landlord is required to carry out the Works as provided in clause 2.8 shall be postponed accordingly The problem here is the uncertainty from the tenant 's point of view , hence the suggestion that there be inserted a long stop date ( see clause 2.8 ) . |
| 25 | ‘ Secrets can be kept a long time , ’ he says . |
| 26 | That 's been gone a long time now . |
| 27 | He 's been gone a long time |
| 28 | ‘ We were given a long account of tritium generation at Mount Mauna Loa and all that and then ‘ by the way here is the neutron spectrum ’ . |
| 29 | Popescu , a former propaganda chief , and Totu , a former Foreign Minister , were given the longest prison sentences , of 5@1/2 years each , while the others received sentences of two to 4@1/2 years . |
| 30 | Some conversions that were done a long time ago would not pass today 's stringent building regulations . |