Example sentences of "to [be] [vb pp] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toby seemed to be gone a long time , but I was n't measuring time very accurately . |
| 2 | For a tight turn the back foot will need to be placed a long way back on the board . |
| 3 | A few of us may become angry , but most of us have to be pushed a long way before we abandon our normal passivity . |
| 4 | He was lucky to be spared a long fuddled decline into the garbage heap . |
| 5 | We were pleased to be awarded a long term contract from BP for integrated engineering services on their Magnus , Thistle and Miller platforms . |
| 6 | It either comes from the river beds or is scraped from rock ( tufa ) higher up the mountain — either way it has to be carried a long way over steep slopes . |
| 7 | But because the new craft will broadcast at a high power , they will have to be spaced a long way apart so that TV sets in , say , Canada do not receive signals meant for the US . |