Example sentences of "[prep] a long [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jonathan Horne secured it for his client after a long battle at £31,900 ( estimate £5,000-£8,000 ) . |
| 2 | That 's something that did n't happen when I came home after a long day at work . |
| 3 | Most accountants would be only too happy to go home and put their feet up after a long day at the office . |
| 4 | After a long day at the office Richard likes nothing more than to drive home to his little pad in Huntley for a quiet night in with 21 year old , Sarah . |
| 5 | Young people , the unemployed and women returning to work after a long period at home will have to show extra ingenuity to extract evidence of their work skills and potential from their life history . |
| 6 | The work marks the end of a long battle at Darlington council over the best pedestrianisation plan for Darlington . |
| 7 | They turned in through a pair of eagle-mounted gateposts , then at the end of a long driveway at last drew to a halt . |
| 8 | You 're in the mood for a long spell at the crease , but the penis decides that it ca n't wait to get the game over and done with before heading back to the pavilion to put its feet up on the couch . |
| 9 | The normal daily routine involved getting up at around 6am and stopping for a long lunch at midday in order to avoid the most intense heat . |
| 10 | ‘ But they say he must n't go home and live on his own , not for a long while at any rate . ’ |
| 11 | He hired a car and took the boy down for a long weekend at the St. Mellion Golf and Country Club . |
| 12 | Any Charioteer may swap his bow for a long bow at a cost of +1 point . |
| 13 | Also in the crypt is the Duomo treasury , a pay-to-enter collection that is closed for a long period at lunch . |
| 14 | In those places where there is a delay in substantiation , faith is prepared to wait for a long time at the bar of history . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Llanelli and Neath put on a show as good as anything seen for a long time at club level . |
| 17 | On reaching the top of the hill , Tess paused and looked for a long time at the familiar green world of home . |
| 18 | I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street . |
| 19 | A much-loved brother dying in rather questionable circumstances , then her first husband … and then having to nurse her second husband — my father — through a long illness at a time when she herself was n't well . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Defence experts indicated that the incident , which occurred during naval exercises some 80 miles west of Izmir , might have been caused by excessive stress among junior officers prompted by a long spell at sea . |