Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [noun] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | IntelliDraw is by far the most interesting drawing package to hit the market for a long time . |
| 2 | It is possible to see the weather from a long way off , but as the people at Old Slains know , the weather then arrives at such speed over the surface of the North Sea that seeing it approach seems hardly sufficient warning . |
| 3 | You prepared me to lead a family on a long journey . |
| 4 | Carver as a learned composer , and clearly conversant with some of his English contemporaries , but it was surely worth noting that evidence , however tantalisingly fragmentary , exists to suggest the existence of a long pre-Reformation Scottish tradition of Faburden singing , of which Pater Creator might therefore be a late , indeed consciously crowning example |
| 5 | And when I , I mean when I , I actu actually felt quite emotional cos I 'd not been to Park to see a match for a long time and I mean we 're living up here erm , and er , I just felt quite emotional when I got out and saw that lovely pitch it was in perfect |
| 6 | Also higher property transfer taxes and commision rates make selling a house a much less attractive option in Europe so people tend to treat a house as a long term home rather than as an investment . |
| 7 | He would n't want to flee the nest for a long time yet . |
| 8 | Some people find it impossible to sleep a wink on a long night journey in a train . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've wanted to do a marathon for a long time , but it would be silly to run one without putting it to use . |
| 10 | The mention of the put-put brings back memories of trying to start the thing after a long cold night flight — it could be a swine but invariably started eventually . |
| 11 | At the very moment when Hurd was preparing to unveil the fruits of a long period of gestation in the form of a White Paper on criminal justice , Lawson resigned as Chancellor . |
| 12 | Use the remaining marzipan to model a head with a long neck . |
| 13 | However , he was persuaded to stay in England when he considered that his poor state of health probably would not have allowed him to survive the hardship of a long sea voyage in those days . |
| 14 | Katharine and Benji had produced some nice work together and at this point Jennie told them to have a rest on a long rein for a few minutes . |
| 15 | It looks therefore as if Russia will have to join the back of a long queue before its turn comes again . |
| 16 | Dismounted , the leaders crossed over the first and second drawbridges on foot , leaving their men to take the horses down a long ramp to barracks-quarters and stabling at harbour level . |
| 17 | It needs space to throw the dice and this is not practical in planes and trains where it can do most to relieve the boredom of a long journey . |
| 18 | And the policeman wanted to check his facts before deciding to take a chance on a long shot . |
| 19 | This gives the user the opportunity to produce an index to a long document such as a report or a dissertation . |