Example sentences of "a long [adj] [noun sg] for " in BNC.

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1 But now some reports on a couple of the other games this afternoon ; in the South Midland League Trophy ; Shenley and Lowton five , Oxford City two ; so the end of a long unbeaten run for Oxford City ; our reporter , John Shepherd .
2 And it was , had been a long weary road for these two women as they travelled back to Bethlehem , with their own thoughts and their fears .
3 In Holland , STIVA has a long established reputation for helping young people to drink responsibly .
4 They may be right , but it will certainly be a long hard road for interferon at least .
5 ‘ It has been a long hard season for Nigel , and obviously he 'll be a little bit down after what happened at Wembley , ’ said Bingham .
6 It looks like a long hard season for Civil Service , who have lost Steffi Magowan and Alex Battey to university across the water , and newly promoted Knock .
7 From the bridge there is a rack curving right ; deep flow starts on the right and ends up on left then there is steady flow curving round a long left bend for ½ mile to S bend left , right , left , all grade I/II rock gardens with plenty of water and routes .
8 Called Myrmecobius , it has a long thin snout for poking into ants ' nests , and a long sticky tongue with which it mops up its prey .
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