Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it 's all over for a long time . |
| 2 | Conversely , some econometricians have argued that it is more cost effective to use a ‘ drip ’ system , advertising more or less continuously over a long period at a very low weight . |
| 3 | ‘ I have not felt so well for a long time , ’ he told the ever-comforting Jones , ‘ and shall be tempted to be very vulgar in my speech . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I have not felt so well for a long time and I shall be tempted to be very vulgar in my speech . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I suppose , ’ said Suvarov , paying no attention to her rudeness or the incipient hysteria in her voice , ‘ because it was so important … not just fighting it , but being part of it , doing one 's best and living more intensely over a longer time than one had before . ’ |
| 6 | Ex-Fini Triber , Ministry Man and Revolting Cock Chris Connelly team up with the Tribe once more in a long and slow shuffling expedition that 's not necessarily a club-oriented track but is constructed from the fundamental elements of the club scene at least . |
| 7 | In the second-half the Dragons had a strong wind at their backs and almost made good use of it straight away as a long ball found McClean and his shot was pushed round by Westwood . |
| 8 | Remember to make the shape of your mount echo that of the letter you are designing — for example , if you want to create a capital I , it will fit far better in a long , thin , rectangular mount , say 22.5 × 15cm ( 9 × 6in ) , with an aperture 5cm ( 2in ) smaller all round , than a circular frame or mount . |
| 9 | In clinical case management there is a recognition that the worker is an important resource , and an awareness that the process of assessment and reassessment is a crucial function , to be discharged by someone who knows the client really well over a long period of time . |
| 10 | Once workers have installed Britain 's new cable , no one expects that the country will want to replace it — at least not for a long time . |
| 11 | Lord Berner 's Triumph of Neptune was another work he conducted quite frequently over a long period , and he made two recordings of the ballet suite . |
| 12 | He had reached there late after a long tramp from Ballyjamesduff in the next county . |
| 13 | But alas , it was destroyed when I was there recently by a long line of caravans along the beach . |
| 14 | Sometimes the virus stays there quietly for a long time and the person stays well . |
| 15 | And I think that was the situation for a lot of people , that erm if they did n't take the the flat that was offered to them , then they would be virtually erm either still on a long waiting list or homeless . |
| 16 | Eachuinn Odhar stood absolutely still for a long , long breath . |
| 17 | They looked as if they had been dressed in a hurry and not very suitably for a long walk on the headland , even in a warm autumn . |
| 18 | Alice was understandably puzzled , saying , ‘ Well in our country you 'd generally get to somewhere else — if you ran very fast for a long time as we 've been doing . ’ |
| 19 | Harvey got a piece of canvas out of the front of the car and then pike took his overcoat off and they wrapped the coat into the canvas and strapped it up very tight on a long strap , the other end of which they fixed to the belt of Ralph pike 's overalls . |