Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] a long [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , she must write a long loving letter to Charlie . |
| 2 | Er as we know round about July August time , the remaining nine P C's will be er turned into civilians wave of a magic wand the biggest problem there is the total loss of our skills base overnight effectively , the second thing is it 'll take a long long time to get them trained particularly in relation to A L O work . |
| 3 | That is when we realised that the materialistic gap between the rich and poor was indeed nothing compared to the wide gulf in understanding , and that the understanding of health problems in this country would take a long painstaking process of re-accumulating the evidence . |
| 4 | Perhaps one day some brave soul will make a long legal journey to the House of Lords and persuade them to change their minds . |
| 5 | With Golding , exceptionally , that can mean a long backward glance into history or even prehistory — to the world of lost innocence of Neanderthal man in The Inheritors , or to the pre-industrial world of the sailing ship in the Tarpaulin trilogy . |