Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | People were most conscious of how far they were from their family in times of crisis , when someone was sick or dying and they were a couple of continents away separated by a long slow haul by boat and train . |
| 2 | First , wind velocity is measured at a given observation point and refers solely to that point , for all that it may be convenient to show it on a chart as an arrow apparently extending for a long distance . |
| 3 | Curwen 's interest in agriculture probably dated from a long journey through Europe following the death of his first wife in 1778 . |
| 4 | These were friends not seen for a long time , visited now because there was something to celebrate . |
| 5 | The students all studied through a long distance learning scheme with four tutors based in different parts of Britain . |
| 6 | The first summons habitually began with a long and belligerent explanation of why some other weekend was not possible . |