Example sentences of "a long [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | it 's just a long drive over there |
| 2 | There followed a long wrangle over Benedict 's future , which Sir John Merchiston eventually won by virtue of the fact that Robert Beckenham 's new wife was delivered of a boy . |
| 3 | The next day I had to wear a long Kamiz over my trousers and have a scarf covering my head — can you imagine going to school like that … |
| 4 | The sound had seemed to come from a long way over the heath to the right . |
| 5 | It either comes from the river beds or is scraped from rock ( tufa ) higher up the mountain — either way it has to be carried a long way over steep slopes . |
| 6 | In fact I thought the whole fairy-palace effect was a long way over the top and painfully unoriginal . |
| 7 | But , having seen Upjohn dig in its heels in Britain and America , the Canadians may be less keen to begin a long battle over the drug . |
| 8 | You had to wear long , elasticated shorts and a long skirt over them . |
| 9 | It was a long drop over the edge of the world . |
| 10 | ( They had a long argument over this . ) |
| 11 | As Argentina deployed gunboats , the Foreign Office entered a long silence over South Georgia . |
| 12 | The loss of Davies to Widnes last January has cast a long shadow over British rugby . |
| 13 | The fighting cast a long shadow over the UN peace-keeping operation in Croatia , where the first infantry units arrived over the weekend . |
| 14 | The earlier failure of East Suffolk organising-tutor scheme cast a long shadow over the discussion between Jacques and martin Wilson , the new Secretary of Education . |
| 15 | The death of their mother , Ann Wordsworth , in 1778 , when William was seven and Dorothy six had cast a long shadow over their early lives , and had left them and their three brothers effectively orphaned . |
| 16 | The question of his metropolitan privileges will require separate discussion , for they cast a long shadow over the whole of Anselm 's life as archbishop . |
| 17 | French revolutionary experience cast a long shadow over the early and middle nineteenth century , in the aftermath of the 1789 — 93 overthrow of the ancien régime , and the successive coups and counter-coups of 1830 , 1848 — 51 and 1870 — 1 . |
| 18 | For example , the extensive list of qualifications and caveats which Marshall appended to his exposition of the quantity theory of money had threatened to cast such a long shadow over its validity that Marshall appeared to take freight and retarait behind the ceteris paribus stipulation which so typified his approach to economics . |
| 19 | They had a long walk over the moor to Bingley and Alfred Carter could n't afford to wait for them if they were late . |
| 20 | After they had gone , Harriet took herself for a long walk over the cliffs , but for once the beauty of her surroundings , the early evening light on the sea , the cry of gulls and the distant sound of waves breaking on the shore below , failed to soothe her . |
| 21 | Barnes reached a long arm over the ridge of fallen soil that remained in the mouth of the hole , and groped experimentally around within . |
| 22 | He spent a long time over these calculations and they appeared to soothe him . |
| 23 | Tromsø was huddled and silent below and he took a long time over his last look . |
| 24 | Muldoon seemed to be taking a long time over his coffee . |
| 25 | She had always taken a long time over her toilet : a review of her clothes ; a long-drawn-out bath ; massage ; manicure ; then her hair and make-up . |
| 26 | Although John was generally a quick worker , Anne Heaton remembers him as taking a long time over this work and seeming nervous about it . |
| 27 | The gay Vicar , who loved the sound of his own voice , took a long time over the service and Daisy 's thoughts started to wander . |
| 28 | The British banks have attracted criticism for a long time over their failure to provide long-term finance to industry , and to develop lasting relationships with industrial customers . |
| 29 | On 14 February 1961 , the day after news of Lumumba 's death was released , Nkrumah made a long broadcast over Ghanaian radio . |
| 30 | This involved a long hike over Esk Hause to Gable , and to avoid the intense mid-day heat we agreed to leave the valley at dawn . |