Example sentences of "a long [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the UK , the Government took a long look at the spectrum before launching a fifth and sixth TV channel . |
| 2 | Sam took a long look at her face . |
| 3 | They were pulled into the stewards room after the race as officials took a long look at an incident early in the straight.A ban would have ruled the pair out of the Cambridgeshire and the Arc , but no action was taken . |
| 4 | He took a long look at the approaching man , who was obviously not keen on leaving the shelter of the trees . |
| 5 | I have taken a long look at local government finance . |
| 6 | A long scene at the blackboard with an awkward customer among his ranks worried the actor . |
| 7 | I sank on to the bucket and took a long pull at the coffee . |
| 8 | Dalziel took a long pull at his pint and sighed happily . |
| 9 | Aunt Tossie took a long pull at her drink . |
| 10 | Mr Beckenham took a long pull at his flask , and then carefully topped it up from the bottle . |
| 11 | The normal daily routine involved getting up at around 6am and stopping for a long lunch at midday in order to avoid the most intense heat . |
| 12 | The Corporal placed his Bren gun on the window-sill and fired a long burst at the sniper 's position . |
| 13 | With the Triplane boring in from behind he fired a long burst at the dead centre of the bag , and saw the fabric split and flare . |
| 14 | That 's something that did n't happen when I came home after a long day at work . |
| 15 | Most accountants would be only too happy to go home and put their feet up after a long day at the office . |
| 16 | He had had a long day at the hospital and the drive down from London had not been easy . |
| 17 | It had been a long day at the end of a busy week , but that was n't all of it . |
| 18 | After a long day at the office Richard likes nothing more than to drive home to his little pad in Huntley for a quiet night in with 21 year old , Sarah . |
| 19 | AIR travel has come a long way at Aldergrove since the first wide-eyed civilian passengers flew there 30 years ago . |
| 20 | Any Charioteer may swap his bow for a long bow at a cost of +1 point . |
| 21 | A much-loved brother dying in rather questionable circumstances , then her first husband … and then having to nurse her second husband — my father — through a long illness at a time when she herself was n't well . |
| 22 | You 're in the mood for a long spell at the crease , but the penis decides that it ca n't wait to get the game over and done with before heading back to the pavilion to put its feet up on the couch . |
| 23 | Defence experts indicated that the incident , which occurred during naval exercises some 80 miles west of Izmir , might have been caused by excessive stress among junior officers prompted by a long spell at sea . |
| 24 | He hired a car and took the boy down for a long weekend at the St. Mellion Golf and Country Club . |
| 25 | Jonathan Horne secured it for his client after a long battle at £31,900 ( estimate £5,000-£8,000 ) . |
| 26 | The work marks the end of a long battle at Darlington council over the best pedestrianisation plan for Darlington . |
| 27 | ‘ But they say he must n't go home and live on his own , not for a long while at any rate . ’ |
| 28 | They turned in through a pair of eagle-mounted gateposts , then at the end of a long driveway at last drew to a halt . |
| 29 | The probability is low for it to move a long distance at more than the speed of light , but it can go faster than light for just far enough to get out of the black hole , and then go slower than light . |
| 30 | Also in the crypt is the Duomo treasury , a pay-to-enter collection that is closed for a long period at lunch . |