Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb past] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After seeing the PM you took a long leave and then came back . |
| 2 | Just to be on the safe side we had a long rope attached to the raft and tied round a tree on the bank so that if the Indians lost control the rope would pull it to a stop . |
| 3 | All the machinery was powered by a gas engine which drove a long shaft near the ceiling that in turn , by means of belts to fast and loose pulleys , provided the motive power for the various equipment . |
| 4 | Instead he became a national hero who enjoyed a long life … and who died with dignity . |
| 5 | Some pact they made a long time ago . ’ |
| 6 | Also on Oct. 17 the Supreme Soviet passed a decree which went a long way towards meeting other student demands , and secured an end to the protests . |
| 7 | And this morning I had a long talk with my mother . ’ |
| 8 | Voluntary organisations in many cases became the effective agents of enforcement , as well as pressure groups constantly campaigning for further intervention , and here they became quasi-state apparatuses , a pattern which had a long history . |
| 9 | I well remember our first night with the aid of father-in-law we spent a long day moving ourselves in . |
| 10 | At any rate it took a long time to synthesize . |
| 11 | A lot of people seem to refer to Jesus as a good man who lived a long time ago ; a man who taught about God and who became ‘ Son of God ’ by his resurrection . |
| 12 | When he had vanished from sight she expelled a long sigh and allowed the mask to slip away from her face , slowing returning to her towel and lying down flat on it . |
| 13 | I thought that was a lesson we learnt a long time ago ! ’ |
| 14 | In his right hand he carried a long machete , but it was the crazed look in his eyes that really shook the young policeman . |
| 15 | By thus reproducing arguments in favour of unequal pay which had a long pedigree , Amelia McLean 's article showed that she was either unable or unwilling to realize that , apart from anything else , the introduction of Monotype machines within the previous few years had completely redistributed the cards . |
| 16 | Educated privately at her homes at Parkwern and Hendrefoilan she inherited a long family tradition of unorthodox and innovative ideas . |
| 17 | After a century there began a long period of sea warfare and skirmishing over the north of Ulthuan . |
| 18 | He wanted to call her ‘ Mam ’ , the way he had a long time ago , but she said it made her feel middle-aged and dull and ordinary , so he must never say it again , especially when other people were around . |
| 19 | For it was he who arranged the finance which went a long way towards putting the station on the air . |
| 20 | Some of them you remember the table we had a long time ago showing the reactivity of different elements , particularly the metals when we were looking at metals . |
| 21 | Part of the lease Arthur signed guaranteed him his brewing water free of tax or pipe money , and in this regard he had a long standing feud with the city authorities which lasted over twenty years . |