Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] a long " in BNC.

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1 She is much exercised about a long letter which arrived today , which she did not show me , but smiled over , and caught up and folded away .
2 First , the very fact that this standard of review is so limited means that it will only serve as a long stop to catch extreme examples of aberrant administrative behaviour .
3 Actually it is wrong to think that your present diet will necessarily lead to a long and productive life .
4 First , wind velocity is measured at a given observation point and refers solely to that point , for all that it may be convenient to show it on a chart as an arrow apparently extending for a long distance .
5 The students all studied through a long distance learning scheme with four tutors based in different parts of Britain .
6 The four of them were just climbing into a long red two-seater sports car standing double-parked almost in the middle of the roadway .
7 People were most conscious of how far they were from their family in times of crisis , when someone was sick or dying and they were a couple of continents away separated by a long slow haul by boat and train .
8 A Circular on this subject ( to appear in July 1965 as 10/65 , probably the best known of a long series of Ministry and Department of Education and Science circulars ) was already in draft , but Tony Crosland was anxious to improve it .
9 Jenna did n't know if he meant that they had finally arrived after a long journey or if he was reliving his youth here , claiming his past again .
10 ‘ … and the pathetic thing was that he thought he had just recovered from a long period of madness . ’
11 Bill was given a cheque with best wishes for a long and happy retirement , from all his friends in Scottish Amicable .
12 ‘ I know , but just think of a long soak in a hot bath and a large soft bed to sleep on .
13 Of course , as has been shown , neither English nor humane education were simply " there " , but had been laboriously constructed over a long period .
14 it is what I 've always thought for a long time that somebody like Brian if he 's not if he 's not showing at our fish at our show , even as an A class judge , I , I fail to see why he ca n't judge at our show it 's , he goes to Skelm and , and judges there and our fish will be there or strange really when we 're struggling for judges that , that we do n't do these things .
15 It is extremely light , low cut , very wide fitting — the widest I 've ever found for a long time — and together with an EVA insert into the sole unit , gave me very comfortable walking .
16 The major disadvantage of this form of dictatorial power balance occurs with the death of the chief ; which is usually followed by a long , painful period of restructuring whereby the balance is restored .
17 Meanwhile the army , despite the FMLN 's truce offer of Sept. 14 , was still engaged in a long push against guerrilla strongholds , and a major FMLN counter-offensive was not ruled out .
18 Alternatively , try to find the sort of rectangular table that can also double as a long desk or work table when required .
19 While ‘ planning ’ in these various guises seemed to find its moment in the Second World War , it also drew upon a long evolution of social and political thought which stretched back to before the Great War .
20 Curwen 's interest in agriculture probably dated from a long journey through Europe following the death of his first wife in 1778 .
21 The first summons habitually began with a long and belligerent explanation of why some other weekend was not possible .
22 Probably inspired by a long term association with UFO 's Phil Mogg , the subsequent ‘ Back On The Streets Again ’ album was a turgid affair .
23 Probably inspired by a long term association with UFO 's Phil Mogg , the subsequent ‘ Back On The Streets Again ’ album was a turgid affair .
24 We have also known for a long time that morphine cures diarrhoea .
25 We 've both known for a long time how we feel about each other and all the reasons why nothing can ever come of it .
26 This served with 28 Squadron under 5 Wing and was later stored for a long time at 15 Air Depot at Snake Valley , adjacent to Swartkop before going to serve with the MEFS at Bloemspruit .
27 And I have a feeling- ’ She now drew in a long breath before resuming ‘ And it 's more than a feeling , it 's a certainty that , although we 're leaving here , being forced to leave here , we 'll return , for this is our home .
28 The press release also pronounced Christmas trading to be ‘ excellent ’ , and said that both Waterstones and Harrods were now committed to a long and successful relationship .
29 Sometimes they were reduced to shirt-like softness ; often replaced by a long coat .
30 Those two there that look like twins half an inch apart : they may in fact be nauseatingly sundered by a long light-time of depth , united only by the angle of our point of view .
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