Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back in those hours I had remained a long time outside the door of North One , being filled by a sorrow so complete it overflowed , and I covered my ears not to hear any more . |
| 2 | We bring the Guinness Spot to a close with a local musician who has had a long and distinguished career in the country and blues divisions of rock . |
| 3 | At Carole 's insistence they had climbed the long metal ladder which led inside from the roof of the nave to the top of the tower : Henry went first , Amaranth second ; by some accident of fate , David followed on her heels , leaving an indignant Carole to bring up the rear . |
| 4 | The meeting was timely because Hamish Kidd , a Cambridge chemical engineer who had spent a long period in general management consultancy with P-E Consulting Group , had developed systems to introduce executive search into P-E when it was sanctioned as an allowable technique by the Management Consultants Association ( MCA ) . |
| 5 | down and worked out how many days he 's had the long wheelbase this week . |
| 6 | One of these types is the de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou and over the years it has attracted a long list of very satisfied customers . |
| 7 | The next day I had to wear a long Kamiz over my trousers and have a scarf covering my head — can you imagine going to school like that … |
| 8 | He appears to be trying to escape a pursuer who has seized the long hair at the back of his head . |
| 9 | She explained that with some people one had to wait a long time before one saw what one wanted to see . |
| 10 | Heavy posts , reeking of creosote and paint , towered up as high as the holly trees in the hedge , and the board they carried threw a long shadow across the top of the field . |
| 11 | One could tell he was a man who had come a long way , and who intended going a great deal further . |
| 12 | With the first of the ovens he 'd gone the long way through to the Hall 's kitchens , taking in the sights as he went . |
| 13 | The birth was on July 1st and at 7 lb 7 oz he 's got a long way to go to catch up to dad . |
| 14 | For example , suppose that for some reason you wish to remember a long list of dissociated objects such as aeroplane , alarm clock , carrot , television , etc . |
| 15 | If there were not an expectation that the spot price at delivery will be higher than the current price of the futures contract , it is argued that the number of those who wish to hold a short position ( for instance , producers of the underlying physical asset hedging their risks ) would exceed the number who wish to hold a long position in the futures contract ( for instance , speculators ) . |
| 16 | The men were volunteers who had undergone a long and thorough training , and most had also had battle experience in South Africa , India and Egypt . |
| 17 | Thus Galadriel says of her life , ‘ Through ages of the world we have fought the long defeat ’ . |
| 18 | Either way he has come a long way in a very short time , especially for someone who left journalism for PR at the age of 22 after failing to break into daily newspapers . |
| 19 | According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up . |