Example sentences of "such a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah we enjoy it but it 's just such a long drive |
| 2 | with a high curved roof supported by girders forged in a Liverpool ironworks , and marble pillars and floors , ornately carved canopies , shafts of sunlight emphasising its height , and indeed , everything of a cathedral but altars and pews … . it was a relief to me , after such a long trip , to arrive at this station … |
| 3 | It was such a long trip , ’ she could n't help craning her neck to see where the old witch was . |
| 4 | And embarking on such a long trip . |
| 5 | John 's firm having been established for nearly forty years by this time , the rival Lawrence Girls were definitely more earthy in character , with not a snob amongst them possibly because they did not have such a long tradition . |
| 6 | They ca n't afford such a long delay or they will become like Camel Laird , an extinct breed . |
| 7 | But the doctors ' lawyers augue the case can not be allowed to go ahead after such a long delay . |
| 8 | But it took her such a long while before she would sit in one of these . |
| 9 | Well I think they 're so , my own I do n't mind paying a bit more for really , because they 're so last me such a long while . |
| 10 | The reason for such a long flue , which is not uncommon , is that vapours given off during smelting of lead polluted the surrounding landscape , whereas long flues allowed the fumes to settle harmlessly . |
| 11 | I 'm sorry it 's been such a long journey , but I could n't find a quicker route . |
| 12 | but er , as you say erm , really it 's such a long journey that you need a breather before you need to start to cross the channel |
| 13 | Generally speaking cannons have such a long range that it is pointless moving them about . |
| 14 | But boys have such a long range , Clelia , do pick up that crust . |
| 15 | No other industry has such a long history of coming up with environment-friendly selling points that are profit-friendly too . |
| 16 | How do you keep the material fresh on such a long tour ? |
| 17 | One explanation for all the flying muck is that , after such a long campaign , the candidates ( whose views are similar on many issues ) simply ran out of things to say . |
| 18 | Such a long passage without any breathing spaces would be trying for a single player , who would have to fit in an intake of breath where the phrasing breaks . |
| 19 | After such a long day I thought of my wife and son with ‘ What have I done ? ’ running through my head as I dropped off to sleep . |
| 20 | I ask him why he did it he said oh well he has such a long name such a very long name spoils the picture |
| 21 | Brontosaurus was a more massive version of Diplodocus , with not such a long tail ( because of the extremely small head of the Brontosaurus in comparison with their huge bodies , the name was recently changed — unnecessarily — to Apatosaurus . |
| 22 | Well you see , what Freud had to explain here was how he could have had such a long dream when the dreamer reported that he woke up more or less instantly from the stimulus of something hitting him on the back of the neck . |
| 23 | cos there 's such a long waiting list , tha that 's the value of it out there |
| 24 | ‘ That 's ever such a long way off , ’ said Dot . |
| 25 | Having come such a long way it is a pity that the story ends in 1900 , without discussing the alleged takeover of chemistry by modern physics . |
| 26 | But he said : ‘ We 're not getting carried away — there 's still such a long way to go . ’ |
| 27 | The remarkable thing is that with such thin material and from such a long way back , he came through so quickly . |
| 28 | And after that she seemed happy the rest of the way , saying how lovely it had been to see them even for such a short time and how she 'd come down again when she could , but it was such a long way and the trains were so crowded with soldiers and she had had to take two whole days off from the ambulance station . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's such a long way away , sir ! ’ |
| 30 | I was certainly the ideal subject for his little tricks of ringing the door bell and running away , because I dared not ignore the summons in case it might be a client , and also the consulting and operating rooms were such a long way from the front of the house . |