Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [noun] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although I played lead for a long time in the group I never cite lead players like Clapton or Beck . |
| 2 | By the death , at the age of 66 , of Mr. Philip Henry Thomas which took place after a long illness , on Saturday the 18th instant , at his residence at 13 Rusham Road , Battersea loses a citizen who has been active for 40 years in championing the cause of Liberalism in this borough … . |
| 3 | In 1563 one Hoppringle had been set upon and murdered in his house by a joint force of Armstrongs and Elliots , which gave rise to a long Border feud . |
| 4 | We climbed Storskarfjell on a long and hard day that started before the sun came up and finished long after it had gone down . |
| 5 | Above them , something gave way with a long , rending metallic screech . |
| 6 | ‘ We have talking for a long time about how the company might change structurally , and many of Alan Gordon Walker 's proposals would have left me with a job that I did n't want to do , ’ she said . |
| 7 | In the interview situation , shyness or nervousness of respondents can cause them to forget items from a long multiple-choice list . |
| 8 | But as they approached Kingsbere after a long and tiring day 's journey , a man came to tell them there were no rooms available . |