Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking his troubles to his doctor , he was given a long prescription , which he presented to the chemist without first reading it . |
| 2 | While researching my article , I was given a long briefing at Falkland House in London , by a Falkland Islands councillor nominated by the Islands ' London representative . |
| 3 | Iain Christie , chairman of the processing group , said : ‘ This promotion was arranged a long time ago , before this import situation surfaced . |
| 4 | Can only assume this was designed a long time ago , say roughly 1983 ; surely even Peter Snow must now realise that a Labour landslide is rather more likely than a Tory one . |
| 5 | ( Later we learn that her body was carried a long distance on someone 's back , for there are only a few places in Tibet where sky burials are performed . ) |
| 6 | The defendant dock company , a wholly owned subsidiary of a port authority , was granted a long lease of part of a disused naval dockyard and applied to the plaintiff local authority for planning permission to develop the land as a commercial port . |
| 7 | The idea of having a rapper and using a James Brown melody line as your hook was done a long , long time ago — by us ! |
| 8 | No , this was done a long while ago , |
| 9 | It was decided a long time ago and the waiting is over . ’ |
| 10 | The estate was sold a long time ago to the Dukes of Devonshire and was tenanted at one time by the Reverend Thomas Fosbroke , the celebrated antiquary . |
| 11 | ‘ When I step back from it all , I see tennis was invented a long time ago . |
| 12 | Brown Owl was gone a long time , but at last she came back , and leaning on her arm and limping was the pilot of the plane . |
| 13 | Ooh I was taken a long time ago . |
| 14 | ‘ The entire community was resettled a long time ago . |
| 15 | 2.25:GOLD CUP hero Cool Ground was beaten a long way behind Tipping Tim at Wetherby three weeks ago , and is best watched for the time being . |
| 16 | She might say ‘ no' ’ even if it was planned a long time . |