Example sentences of "[vb infin] a long [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Perhaps one day some brave soul will make a long legal journey to the House of Lords and persuade them to change their minds . |
2 | See after a breast operation does it take a long long time with stitches ? |
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 | But with more than 50mpg available and the possibility of good deals to reduce the outlay , the cheapest Fiesta has made me take a long hard look at the lavishly equipped hot hatch we use as a shopping car . |
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 . |
6 | Yes , she must write a long loving letter to Charlie . |
7 | ‘ If it were Ben , ‘ Louise told Zoe , ‘ I would n't wage a long slow war of attrition , or whatever it is your doing . |