Example sentences of "on a long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His winner against Portsmouth was clinically-executed , an angled shot from twelve yards after substitute Mick Quinn flicked on a long ball from Ray Ranson . |
| 2 | If , however , this is not the case , the specialist may put you on a long course of low dose antibiotics . |
| 3 | He was getting nearer to himself , travelling on a long loop of bumpy path through the trees . |
| 4 | Lee Harpin ODs on a long weekend of TV football |
| 5 | Hoccleve now apologises for his earlier attitude and welcomes his help , embarking on a long exposition of his case . |
| 6 | The film is based on a long novel by Pat Conroy which deals with the excavation of the past , a current favourite theme . |
| 7 | We 've moved on a long way from the original version . ’ |
| 8 | But while the absence of additional tax on spirits yesterday was welcomed , it was also generally described as only the first step on a long road before Scotch and other spirits were able to operate on a level playing field against other alcoholic drinks , in particular , wine . |
| 9 | He looked at her and said , adopting roguishness , ‘ Would you like to come on a long journey with me ? |
| 10 | Ranald , his shyness fading , started on a long story of honey and ants and his mother 's bed , that set Hector smiling , then chuckling , and at last rolling about with laughter . |
| 11 | She asked for the secretary and launched on a long story about phoning from a restaurant where a pair of leather gloves had been found apparently left by the lady with Mr Johnston whom one of the waiters had remembered seeing at the sports club . |
| 12 | It was then that she read Angela Kunze 's manifesto , written in blue on a long ribbon of paper above her head where she rests against the wall : ‘ I am fasting to cleanse myself of fear and hopelessness , hate and violence , impatience and the lust for novelty . |
| 13 | The words arrived on a long feather of smoke . |
| 14 | Start2 builds on a long history of arms accords and summits between Moscow and Washington . |
| 15 | John Maddox , the editor of Nature , wrote in 1982 : ‘ The OED is uniquely a data base … , which will suggest to many that it should by now be stored on a long reel of magnetic tape , floppy disks , or some other means of data storage . |
| 16 | well either two or four times er turned down on a long handle for pouring things er out of the , I mean like , when I used |
| 17 | The two young men sat on a long seat under the shadow of a tall tree . |
| 18 | In a beat-up garage on a long stretch of road ; the number on this phone is unreadable . ’ |
| 19 | It was just us , on a long stretch of sand , with the dark sea ahead of us — a landscape which might go on into infinity , as far as we could tell . |
| 20 | One way to reduce mobility is to offer promises of long-term employment , with the prospect of wage increases rising by promotion steps on a long ladder of continuous employment . |
| 21 | He found it difficult to get consultants interested in community care because it was only one on a long list of issues . |
| 22 | Thus , the draftsman should be especially careful before embarking on a long list of matters that fall within a particular covenant . |
| 23 | Katharine and Benji had produced some nice work together and at this point Jennie told them to have a rest on a long rein for a few minutes . |
| 24 | He then embarked on a long tirade about the tactics we should adopt for a forthcoming game with an Army side . |
| 25 | The A.87 now crosses the loch on a long causeway with a warning of high winds , but even in calm weather the former road continuing up the valley to round the head of the loch , at the cost of two extra miles , is to be preferred . |
| 26 | Well I , when I come back from Stop Hill when I 've been on a long shift till five o'clock , I 'm whacked because their bungalow is so warm |
| 27 | I wonder when I will learn that on a long walk in a single unchanging direction , one will automatically go home with a left leg sporting first-degree burns and a right limb like a piece of white Italian veal ? |
| 28 | At each barge they ran down boarding planks for us , sat us on a long bench by the wheel and set about producing tea . |
| 29 | So , on a long piece of wood , I cut these words : |
| 30 | CHARLES and Diana 's separation sets the seal on a long line of Windsor marital disasters . |