Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The balance of power was shifting back to favour the landlord , and it was to remain that way for a long time . |
| 2 | Having taught English Literature for a long time in universities , on both sides of the Atlantic , and having spent some years pondering the questions raised in this book , I have come to some very tentative conclusions about what might be done ; they are not , I might add , of the kind I thought I would come to when I began working on it . |
| 3 | Whilst it is possible that they will remain reliable instruments for a long time to come , it is in conditions like these that Titoism spawns and prospers . |
| 4 | Was it at this moment that some reciprocal need established an understanding that they two were friends , would know each other for a long part of a life-time ? |
| 5 | In Britain , this moment has several phases during a long and turbulent period from the late-eighteenth century to the 1840s . |
| 6 | Masked by the cold war , it has in practice fulfilled that function for a long time . |
| 7 | They had n't seen each other for a long time . |
| 8 | done this job for a long time wo n't you ? |
| 9 | A case report and clinical-epidemiological studies in patients who have misused anthranoid laxatives over a long period should be considered in a final risk assessment for colorectal cancer in man . |
| 10 | So we 've had that law for a long time . |
| 11 | And I have n't had these dreams in a long time , and I used to never do anything like that . |
| 12 | ‘ They will also prevent me from selling these pieces for a long time to come ’ , he said . |
| 13 | During the past year we have continued to play a full part for the UK government in the international research effort which pursues nuclear fusion as a long term energy option . |
| 14 | I 've had enough company for a long time . ’ |
| 15 | He 's had bad breath for a long while and she said his tee , cos she tried to clean his teeth with a toothbrush . |
| 16 | ‘ It jolted me into making the decision to quit , but I 'd been moving that way for a long time . |
| 17 | Jeremy Isaacs and I had know each other for a long time . |
| 18 | A case reports and clinical-epidemiological studies have evaluated the cancer risk in patients who have abused anthranoid laxatives over a long period . |
| 19 | The incubation period may be up to one year , and this makes it difficult in many cases to decide from whom the warts have been caught ; not only that , but they often seem to have been seeded on the principle adhered to by market gardeners , to give successive crops over a long period . |
| 20 | Indeed , she was sure he hardly reed she was alive , save that they had known each other for a long time . |
| 21 | The Regent and Lovat had known each other for a long time and shared affection and respect . |
| 22 | We 've known each other for a long time . ’ |
| 23 | If the air force chiefs could guarantee a quick kill and low casualties , both president and Pentagon could avoid the ‘ Vietnam nightmare ’ , losing public support in a long drawn-out struggle far from home . |
| 24 | And that 's rather a pity because we 've been doing these holidays for a long time now , and I think , those people have enjoyed themselves ? |
| 25 | I 've 'ad this idea for a long time an' if I can get a few customers , we 'll be able ter buy some extra food an' we 'll be able to rent a better 'ouse , with good strong doors not like these rotten ones . ’ |
| 26 | And hearing these voices from a long , long way away . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm not afraid to admit that I wanted you last night , more than I 've wanted any woman for a long time . ’ |
| 28 | The game , which is sure to be a sell-out , has been organised as a memorial to Mervyn Brown , the former Irish League secretary who died last year after a long illness . |
| 29 | Mr Brandt died last autumn after a long , awkward retirement . |
| 30 | And needless to say we will never release another CD with a long box . ’ |