Example sentences of "a very long [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | They seemed to stretch back for a very long way and Nuadu , narrowing his eyes , trying to find his bearings , thought that they must go back and back into the hillside behind the road and deep within the earth . |
| 2 | The 'phone rang for a very long time and when Mrs Pettifer eventually answered she sounded quite put out . |
| 3 | Like all other departments we have been established a very long time and therefore have the experience and the knowledge in dealing with lettings . |
| 4 | Her face looked anguished as if she had been secretly angry and victimized for a very long time and it was just beginning to seep out . |
| 5 | Flowers such as strelitzias , anthuriums and orchids last a very long time and are well worth taking home — some flower shops will pack them specially for export . |
| 6 | Whilst they are very good at what they do , they 've also been riding the same horse for a very long time and the old nag 's starting to show signs of wear . |
| 7 | This is something that 's been on my mind for a very long time and I mean , I , I , I think it 's about time we started getting rid of these things and updating our own toilets you know . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's easy to edit now electronically , but in those days , where editing was done by looking down a microscope for a metal ink pulse , cutting the tape physically with a guillotine and then joining edges together with sticky tape , it took a very long time and could be very wasteful . ’ |
| 9 | The Mass and Vespers nicely illustrate the stylistic dichotomy of church music which was to last for a very long time and which Monteverdi had already distinguished in the foreword to his Fifth Book of madrigals as prima and seconda pratica . |
| 10 | Woodland has , therefore , been managed for a very long time and we shall examine this further in a moment . |
| 11 | Some things are going to have to last you a very long time and withstand a great deal of wear so these must be the best of their kind that you can possibly afford . |
| 12 | I mean I was the on I was the only black guy in the regiment erm for a very long time and erm you know it did n't it does n't matter what colour you are erm apart from my case , there was if you was erm if you were slow on your runs or you was n't good at at cleaning your kit you would get bullied . |
| 13 | His name had n't been mentioned in the Stevens household for a very long time and Rachel assumed that they all thought he was still abroad . |
| 14 | Well , I shall need a lot of persuasion to change my mind , but I 've known Edward for a very long time and we 're good friends . |
| 15 | ‘ Many people with this disease are able to continue to work for a very long time and there is no evidence to suggest that her condition and the error are necessarily linked . ’ |
| 16 | I mean when I wrote this book of bible poems in fact it took me a very long time and I started all sorts of subjects which I did n't finish , so , no , you have to be obedient to whether the poem intends to get written or not . |
| 17 | Investigations into the activities of this particular gang had been carried out over a very long period and they had been kept under constant surveillance by our officers who were thus able to feed us all the necessary information towards a successful interception . |