Example sentences of "a long night " in BNC.
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| 1 | A long night , he wrote . |
| 2 | His reappearance after a long night of uncertainty prompted scenes of rejoicing among Palestinians around the Middle East . |
| 3 | The mayor appealed to both sides to spare the city 's Turkish-era centre as terrified residents prepared for a long night in cellar shelters . |
| 4 | And now I must pack up and take the road ; you 'll be keeping me company on a long night march , although I know you 're asleep in our nice warm bed … |
| 5 | It is not a question of being frightened of the dark ( although it can be pretty spooky on an out-of-the-way water ) , it is because I enjoy good company and a long night becomes more enjoyable with someone there to chat with ; to share the pleasure of catching big fish , or the lesser pleasure of blanking . |
| 6 | After a long night of much study and little real sleep , he had to partake of breakfast with little appetite , really too tired to eat . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's going to be a long night , ’ he said , and he turned to Creed , who had just walked into the room , and smiled . |
| 8 | Some people find it impossible to sleep a wink on a long night journey in a train . |
| 9 | Once , after a long night spent putting up posters , Paul Simonon heated up the remainder of the flour and water paste on a rusty blade and ate it . |
| 10 | Crack of dawn after a long night … made himself coffee and got back to the station as the car was disappearing from view . |
| 11 | A Long Night 's Work |
| 12 | ‘ It was a long night 's work wasted . ’ |
| 13 | We are all somewhat the worse for wear after a long night in the hotel bar . |
| 14 | He did not wait for the servants to open the doors , but just pushed through into the entrance hall , and then into the great ballroom where a score of painters and upholsterers were finishing a long night 's work during which they had transformed the ballroom into a silk-hung fantasy . |
| 15 | There was a long night ahead of him , and he would not be relieved until eight o'clock the following morning when Ben Thompson arrived . |
| 16 | He is drinking slowly , because it will be a long night , and rough cider usually comes out at about eight per cent alcohol , though nobody is measuring . |
| 17 | Yet the question remains as to what Baldwin thought he might have attempted in a long night of ‘ reasoning together ’ . |
| 18 | It was to be a long night . |
| 19 | Using artificial light to break up a long night into two short ones promotes the flowering of long-day plants and hinders the flowering of short-day ones . |
| 20 | It was a long night , and one Creggan never forgot . |
| 21 | It was the beginning of a long night , and by morning all four of them were sleeping soundly . |
| 22 | It seemed a long night , interrupted only by Mason 's groans , and by occasional animal-like noises from the secret room . |
| 23 | ‘ I get the feeling we 're in for a long night ’ , she said . |
| 24 | It was going to be a long night , as I also had to finish an already over-due essay on Swedish expansion in the seventeenth century ( it would have to be a goodish one , too ; an earlier remark — made in an unguarded moment during a methodically boring tutorial — ascribing Swedish territorial gains in the Baltic to the invention of the Smorgasbord with its take-what-you-want ethic , had not endeared me to the professor concerned ; nor had my subsequent discourse on the innate frivolity of the Swedes , despite what I thought was the irrefutable argument that no nation capable of giving a Peace Prize to Henry Kissinger could possibly be accused of lacking a sense of humour . |
| 25 | Blast , it had been a long night . |
| 26 | A dry sleeping bag at the end of a long night watch in foul weather is something to be dreamed about , but , alas , rarely happens on long voyages . |
| 27 | Looks like it 's gon na be a long night . |
| 28 | ‘ It 'll be a long night , with much talk , and we must fortify ourselves beforehand as best we may … ’ |
| 29 | We could be in for a long night . ’ |
| 30 | She had gone to bed early thinking of the luxury of a long night 's rest but woke from sleep unwell . |