Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [art] long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oxford United 's fans , more than fifteen hundred of them made the long journey to Tranmere on Saturday to support their team . |
| 2 | For my part , I endured a long disquisition on the Tractarians from a young and opinionated university liberal . |
| 3 | I made the long trip with my boys but the unit told me I should not be there . |
| 4 | As soon as the train started , I drew a long breath of relief . |
| 5 | I stroked the long handle of the trowel , wondering if my father had a name for that stick of his . |
| 6 | As it happened , speaking a number of languages , I had more access to the room in which the drivers were locked up than most , and I filed a long despatch to The Times about the issues in the strike and the feeling among the drivers . |
| 7 | It is my experience that whenever I try to combine shooting and ferreting I wait a long time for the chance of a shot , then there is something else to be done . |
| 8 | It was best not to wonder , for I faced a long journey in what remained of the Maggot 's plane . |
| 9 | That is why I allowed a long run on question 1 today — It was longer than I would normally allow . |
| 10 | I walked the long way with the early sun bright in my eyes and frosted gravel crisp beneath my feet . |
| 11 | I remember the long faces in the Tontine Coffee House at Glasgow Cross on the morning of 27 January 1783 when the news broke . |
| 12 | Silver and I followed a long way behind the rest , and I had to help him . |
| 13 | I lift the long curls from my head and brush some life back into my flattened hair . |
| 14 | When I turned I saw a long patch of the fluorescent dye that the Germans carried staining the sea a light yellow-green but could not pick out the pilot . |
| 15 | I thought the long fingering of man should was a lovely expression |
| 16 | Immediately after leaving SIS , I took a long holiday in Italy . |
| 17 | Unhappily , such days do not come too often , for I live a long way from Ringwood and it is a very popular river in that area . |
| 18 | In England for the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch , I had a long conversation with James , of which I recall principally that it was about fate . |
| 19 | We moved in with them , although it meant I had a long journey to the hospital every day and I had to sleep there when I was on call , and we stayed with them until he was nine . |
| 20 | So I had a long chat with the , with the cleansing officer and the main point |
| 21 | I had a long chat with during the trip when , amongst other topics , we recalled the days of the agricultural show season and some of the hectic times we had , especially at the Norfolk and Suffolk shows . |
| 22 | By now I had a long list of prospective release sites and sound experience behind me , so things went pretty much according to plan . |
| 23 | ‘ On December 16 , I had a long talk with Kevin and Ian . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I had a long talk with Nora this morning . |
| 26 | And coming back I had a long talk with the nice shy boy , Jean-Louis . |
| 27 | They really seem to enjoy running a hotel — I had a long talk with the porter … |
| 28 | " I had a long talk with Sir Geoffrey before you came , " said Mr. Henniker . |
| 29 | And this morning I had a long talk with my mother . ’ |
| 30 | I queued a long time for that loaf . |