Example sentences of "a long [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | France 's Maghreb policy was criticized on Nov. 16 by the Polisario Front , which had waged a long struggle for independence in Western Sahara . |
| 2 | The only other area in Britain which can compare for steep ice-fall climbs is the North West of Scotland , and that 's a long drive for a weekend 's climbing — even for the Scots ! |
| 3 | Diane Edwards made a long run for home to defeat Ann Williams in a modest 4min 19.46sec with Cahill just unable to get back on terms . |
| 4 | This denigration of " the great emperor 's weak son " had a long run for its money . |
| 5 | Now there 's a long word for you . |
| 6 | Sunnie , who had lung cancer , waged a long campaign for her husband 's release . |
| 7 | The funeral , attended by President Turgut Özal , was the result of a long campaign for the rehabilitation of Menderes , led by the ruling Motherland Party and the opposition True Path Party . |
| 8 | Her father , Ron Smith fought a long campaign for the investigation to be heard in this country . |
| 9 | For , I think we 'd probably better keep you going for , how about six da hmm for five days , that 's actually quite a long course for this stuff cos it lasts an awful long time in the body . |
| 10 | There was then a long delay for which no explanation has been given . |
| 11 | It had been a long day for him already , and if he made it back before nine he was going to be lucky . |
| 12 | ‘ But it 's been a long day for Sam , so if you do n't mind I 'll send him home . |
| 13 | It must have been a long day for a boy of that age . |
| 14 | It had been a long day for our guests , as they had left La Loupe at 1Opm on the Friday evening , so it was home to bed for a good night 's sleep , ready for a full day exploring on the Sunday . |
| 15 | It 'll be a long day for him wo n't it ? |
| 16 | But , ’ he continued seriously , ‘ I do see danger for you and I also feel sorry , as you have come a long way for nothing . ’ |
| 17 | He 'd come a long way for a dude from Texas , and it had all been so very easy for the man with the Gary Cooper smile . |
| 18 | " It 's a long way for him to come every time he wants a crap , said Eddie , running off before I could hit him . |
| 19 | ‘ Is n't Boston a long way for a kid like you to be going ? ’ he asked . |
| 20 | For one thing , Longrock was three hundred miles from London — a long way for a bolt-hole . |
| 21 | Fifty miles is a long way for a young child to go alone . ’ |
| 22 | You 've come a long way for a late-night drink . ’ |
| 23 | I will say that because as , we have n't heard the end by a long way for , of this one . |
| 24 | This was quite a long passage for us , but we were lucky with the weather and made it in one leg . |
| 25 | He had a long putt for a 61 and how he wanted that 61 ! |
| 26 | On island greens , for example , short of starting the hole with a tee on the island and requiring a long putt for your first stroke , it is simply not possible . |
| 27 | This comprises a char for the letter ( 1 byte ) , a boolean for the continued flag ( 1 byte ) and a long integer for the next edge index ( 4 bytes ) — a total of 6 bytes which is rounded up to the nearest word boundary ( on a Sun Sparc 2 file server ) , hence 8 bytes . |
| 28 | There is in short , a long agenda for action , and little time to spare . |
| 29 | I am against the custom of pillaging a long work for its ‘ beauties ’ and letting the rest sink or swim . |
| 30 | After a long pause for refreshment , we can return to the question we started with — how to tell a first edition . |