Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [vb pp] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | While researching my article , I was given a long briefing at Falkland House in London , by a Falkland Islands councillor nominated by the Islands ' London representative . |
| 2 | Ooh I was taken a long time ago . |
| 3 | Addition : Suppose you are given a long column of figures to add . |
| 4 | ‘ She 's taken a long time to throw off the illness and is still not fully fit , ’ said Sheppard 's Milngavie and Bearsden coach , Alex McNeil . |
| 5 | She is wished a long , healthy and happy retirement by everyone . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 7 | They were gone a long time . |
| 8 | By putting car parks a long way from vulnerable spots , it 's hoped the long ‘ walk-in ’ will mean fewer people reach places under threat . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's taken a long time for the guilt to surface . ’ |
| 10 | It was decided a long time ago and the waiting is over . ’ |
| 11 | She might say ‘ no' ’ even if it was planned a long time . |
| 12 | Taking his troubles to his doctor , he was given a long prescription , which he presented to the chemist without first reading it . |