Example sentences of "one long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One long conversation , you can use different parts of that one long conversation is that what you say ? |
| 2 | One long conversation , you can use different parts of that one long conversation is that what you say ? |
| 3 | That way , yer fellow shipmates do n't take the tar outta yer , and make yer life one long misery . ’ |
| 4 | We all sleep , and as a rule we do it at night in one long session of up to nine or ten hours , and during the day we stay awake . |
| 5 | And strange to say , it had coal fires in the winter , huge coal fires to keep it warm , or attempt to do , and most of the classrooms were only divided by portable partitions so that while we went from class to class as the two or three years went by , it really was in one long building and quite adequate for the time . |
| 6 | Robert Smillie , who became the leader of the Miners ' Federation , told the 1911 conference : " I think it is a shame and a disgrace that the lives of our miners ' wives , from four in the morning until 11 o'clock at night should be one long day of slavery . " |
| 7 | He was able to snatch one long weekend in the country , but almost at once he had to start work on the preparation of lectures for a three-week tour of Germany . |
| 8 | Excursions : sightseeing tours of Budapest during first weekend , one-day excursion organized py Pegazus Tours on request , 2 day weekend trips — riding tours , tours to the Danube Bend , to Lake Balaton , etc. on request , and one long weekend tour of the Hungarian countryside on request . |
| 9 | When staying one Long Vacation at a friend 's place , ‘ at Hom Lacey in Herefordshire ’ , he happened to leave his watch on the window-sill of his chamber . |
| 10 | It has been said that the Imperial Court was more successful in mounting great set pieces than in its day-to-day running , and indeed so successful was it in this field that an impression was created that the whole of the period was one long spectacle — the so-called fête impériale — whose only aim was entertainment , prodigality and licence . |
| 11 | There was one long corridor and all the classrooms were were off this corridor you see , I I should think there 'd be er five , five classrooms , it was it was no sixth form . |
| 12 | Cut the required number of widths of fabric and join them to make one long strip with a plain open seam and matching any pattern . |
| 13 | ‘ Darling , ’ he said , folding one long leg over the other , sweeping his glasses to the desk , ‘ I have been in love most of my life . |
| 14 | He crossed one long leg over the other , and she was conscious of how virile and masculine he was . |
| 15 | He raised a mocking dark brow as he sat back in his seat and crossed one long leg over the other , and Fran bit back a sudden urge to snap an answer at him . |
| 16 | Penry reached over her to turn on the lamp , and she opened her eyes to find him looking down into her face , a triumphant , indulgent smile curving his mouth as he slid his arms around her , throwing one long leg over hers in careless intimacy . |
| 17 | It sounded as if you were having one long nightmare . |
| 18 | He turned to face her then , his eyes intent as they met hers for one long minute , and she had the strangest feeling that he was trying to look inside her soul . |
| 19 | The Nile was one long cemetery of desecrated tombs , and Egypt , for the followers of Osiris , a land of restless and tormented souls . |
| 20 | You are all I 've got , all I 've got left to build my life on ; my life has been one long frustration , and to stand aside and see you throw yourself away on scum like … ’ |
| 21 | And make it one long road of shops . |
| 22 | He picked it up by one long back leg . |
| 23 | Nitzer Ebb especially think of life as one long siege , a purifying test of your inner strength . |
| 24 | Life on the road is supposed to be one long bout of drink , drugs and AIDS tests , but The Wedding Present have always shunned the much-fabled over indulgence . |
| 25 | She took her hip flask from her coveralls and emptied it in one long gulp . |
| 26 | His recent article entitled ‘ Hoof It Bency ’ , apart from being completely devoid of grammar or sentence structure , was one long eulogy in praise of that grass Pybus . |
| 27 | Mark and score a 1.5cm strip across one long edge . |
| 28 | Cut diagonally along one long edge of the tissue paper to make a crown shape ( Fig 2 ) . |
| 29 | Parker 's life was one long deceit . |
| 30 | He can practise forming as many words as possible from one long word or a collection of single letters : the letter units from a Scrabble set are useful for this purpose . |