Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they want to go for a longer period , a key worker would go out with them . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I remember thinking for a long time afterwards that it must have been Uncle Titch 's , ’ said William , and Preston stared at him in astonishment , shocked not so much by the thought of Uncle Titch and Mary Moxton in carnal embrace as by this sudden insight into William 's dark imaginings . |
| 3 | A place you try to find after a long absence … |
| 4 | If the hall is too narrow for this and many entrance ways are barely more than a corridor , try to get in a long bench or a very narrow console , or at the very least a stool and a shelf . |
| 5 | He 's the nicest man I 've met for a long time . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's the most charming man I 've met in a long time . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You are the most frustrating piece of womanhood I 've met in a long time , ’ he rasped . |
| 8 | Crawford recalled , ‘ I was thinking : ‘ This is the only work you 've done for a long time . |
| 9 | It was the funniest sight I 've seen for a long while , but hardly fair on the birds … . |
| 10 | Inner : one of the best inners I 've seen for a long time . |
| 11 | It 's been the best bit of talent we 've , they 've seen for a long while ! |
| 12 | Nicest bars I 've seen in a long time . ’ |
| 13 | The teaming up of Land 's End Ltd with Rowland Edwards , who seems to have his own unique version of reality , produced one of the choicer pieces of double-speak I 've seen in a long time : a press release announcing a campaign to add fixed anchors and gear to the crags in the interests of the environment and safety . |
| 14 | ‘ All this , with the bonus of an organic approach , makes it one of the most original books on gardening that I 've seen in a long time , ’ says our kitchen garden correspondent , Adam Pasco . |
| 15 | Elland Road was the emptiest I 've seen in a long time , 23,000 of which 4000 were Crewe fans . |
| 16 | It was a hell of a match , one of the best I 've seen in a long while ( live that is ) . |
| 17 | Hell of a good film though , it 's the best film I 've seen in a long time . |
| 18 | We 've moved on a long way from the original version . ’ |
| 19 | I just want to briefly introduce this , I do n't want to speak in any great , we have had a long debate in house do you if you wish to engage in a long debate again in view of the time tonight . |
| 20 | first thing I 've had for a long time is er that . |
| 21 | ‘ This is one of the best evenings I 've had in a long time , ’ Sam said , sipping his coffee . |
| 22 | why , that 's what the problem you 've spoken for a long time you just know it , but you do n't know why you use that way , you just do that way . |
| 23 | We 've known for a long time that when you can talk on the run , the miles just fly by . |
| 24 | But it has such appeal that the casinos are reporting more feverish betting activity than they 've known in a long time . |
| 25 | You 've wanted for a long time to conduct Le Sacre in the theatre ? |
| 26 | ‘ It was as hard as I 've practised in a long time , ’ said the Ryder Cup player . |
| 27 | I wonder — I 've wondered for a long time — was I right , or was I wrong ? |
| 28 | People arriving in this country for such a purpose have to go through a long interview procedure to process their claims . |
| 29 | Most clubs , you have to go through a long rigmarole of being proposed and seconded and vouched for by other members and having your background scrutinised , and weeks and months go by before you 're elected . |
| 30 | On a video-film made at Highlander entitled ‘ Save our Land and People , ’ a variety of these groups speak to each other about their own problems and possible solutions , hopes and fears , and I think it is no accident that some of the most beautiful music and evocative songs which I have heard for a long time comes from these people . |