Example sentences of "[prep] a long [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all that , it had the feel of a city wakening up after a long sleep and beginning to shake off decades of despair . |
| 2 | I was only about five and a half when she too died after a long illness and one of my earliest recollections is riding in the well , at the foot of her bath-chair when she went out for constitutionals . |
| 3 | If you are taken to Harmondsworth after a long journey and several hours of interrogation by Immigration Officers , there is nowhere for you to lie down and rest . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The air was permeated with Moorlake 's own particular smell , a blend of wood-smoke , of beeswax , of damp , of her aunt 's home-made potpourri in the big bowl on the table , of age , a characteristic scent of which Sara was always aware when she entered the house after a long absence but pane and , idly , Sara tried to open the window . |
| 6 | Music played softly in the background as they stood on either side of the hearth , smiling uncertainly at one another like former lovers reunited after a long absence and wondering whether they still had anything in common . |
| 7 | The hypotheses , formed after his observations , are many ; but most of them are related to the empirical findings of a long tradition and the world is spared a too individualistic interpretation of some of Nature 's more self-willed manifestations . |
| 8 | It was said that on the first occasion that a female student ‘ scrubbed ’ with him he was reaching the end of a long case and held up the piece of cat-gut slung under the ureter ( to identify it and keep it safe during the dissection ) , saying ‘ Cut ! ’ |
| 9 | Riskless and pure discount debentures , shares , calls and puts may now be combined as follows : The right-hand side of the above equation , the combination of a long share and a purchased put , is a manufactured purchased call . |
| 10 | The cost of a long weekend or midweek mini-break in a two-bedroomed , self-catering villa at Elveden Forest begins at £159 and £138 respectively . |
| 11 | It took a hell of a long time but learn we did . |
| 12 | But chimpanzees do not breed well in captivity , partly because of a long pregnancy and childhood , and trapping them in the wild is expensive and wasteful enough to put them at risk of extinction . |
| 13 | MUR ON TIG WON The disagreeable experience of listening to oneself in the middle of a long speech and neither understanding what one is saying nor enjoying the manner in which it is being said ; a foreign accent ; a lion breaking wind after the evening repast |
| 14 | James , a £1.3million signing from Watford , looked set for a long run but his mistakes have persuaded Souness to take him out of the spotlight . |
| 15 | Then Richards chose to bowl himself and Simmons ( who had begun with two quick wickets ) for a long spell and England were let off the hook , Pringle and Downton putting on 66 in thirteen overs . |
| 16 | She remained in the room for a long while but although Carrie went there twice with tea for them , she found them talking in the Romany language and did not understand anything they said . |
| 17 | Seem to put them away for a long while but |
| 18 | Neither of the Glovers had used a public telephone for a long while and were astonished to find themselves confronted by a totally unfamiliar contraption . |
| 19 | But I say , it should 've been it should 've been all d I mean everybody 's known about this chiller for a long while and it 's as I say , I mean when was here it was costing a thousand pound a time . |
| 20 | He 's had bad breath for a long while and she said his tee , cos she tried to clean his teeth with a toothbrush . |
| 21 | When you round out the aircraft floats for a long way and flies very nose down . |
| 22 | Therefore , the one is a destination which you 'll probably find you 'd prefer to go to for a long weekend or perhaps a , part of your annual holiday etcetera , our parks are places you go to for a day out and I think therefore there is a very er , strong difference between the sort of visit and because I feel that EuroDisney which will undoubtedly will be good , it 's a proven formula er , it 's run well er , it appeals to a lot of people and therefore it will be I think er , successful , exactly how successful I obviously ca n't say , but it will be successful , it will certainly attract British visitors , but they 'll come back , looking er , with certain higher expectation , a value for money , quality etcetera , etcetera . |
| 23 | No , well that 's it int it ? so er if things are reasonable we might just go away for a long weekend or something , go find us a place in Southport for a weekend |
| 24 | There 's a cluster of courses in Suffolk that are ideal for a long weekend and a similar group in Norfolk for those arriving from the North . |
| 25 | At the end of September Violet came home for a long weekend and Perdita was so bloody-minded that in despair Daisy escaped to Harvest Festival for an hour of peace . |
| 26 | They settled down for a long siege and so did the outside world . |
| 27 | Morale on the shop floor was higher than it had been for a long year and an unhealthy atmosphere of optimism and hope pervaded the plant . |
| 28 | By this time , Lou and Charlie had moved too — the business had been running down for a long period and there was no point in staying in a flat over a shop that did n't exist any more . |
| 29 | As mortgages tend to be for a long term and in view of the fact that 75% of the amount originally borrowed is still outstanding it is reasonable to classify this as a long-term liability . |
| 30 | Yesterday he rang the bell for a long time but no point in opening the door . |