Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [vb past] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After seeing the PM you took a long leave and then came back . |
| 2 | Just to be on the safe side we had a long rope attached to the raft and tied round a tree on the bank so that if the Indians lost control the rope would pull it to a stop . |
| 3 | Some pact they made a long time ago . ’ |
| 4 | When I returned to Moose Jaw about mid-August I had a long talk with Fred Workman , who told me he had noticed a certain restlessness in me as if I were hoping for a change of scene . |
| 5 | And this morning I had a long talk with my mother . ’ |
| 6 | In August we had a long weekend in the Lakes , with Rob , Joyce & Ewan which went well , & also a week in Telford with Richard which we thoroughly enjoyed . |
| 7 | I well remember our first night with the aid of father-in-law we spent a long day moving ourselves in . |
| 8 | At any rate it took a long time to synthesize . |
| 9 | When he had vanished from sight she expelled a long sigh and allowed the mask to slip away from her face , slowing returning to her towel and lying down flat on it . |
| 10 | I thought that was a lesson we learnt a long time ago ! ’ |
| 11 | In his right hand he carried a long machete , but it was the crazed look in his eyes that really shook the young policeman . |
| 12 | Educated privately at her homes at Parkwern and Hendrefoilan she inherited a long family tradition of unorthodox and innovative ideas . |
| 13 | He wanted to call her ‘ Mam ’ , the way he had a long time ago , but she said it made her feel middle-aged and dull and ordinary , so he must never say it again , especially when other people were around . |
| 14 | He 's given me a few jokes but only ones he used a long time ago ! ’ |
| 15 | Some of them you remember the table we had a long time ago showing the reactivity of different elements , particularly the metals when we were looking at metals . |
| 16 | Part of the lease Arthur signed guaranteed him his brewing water free of tax or pipe money , and in this regard he had a long standing feud with the city authorities which lasted over twenty years . |