Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [prep] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't think that because you are on a long term site you are secure ; one has already closed in Cumbria and more could follow . |
| 2 | If you 're on a long run conditions may change from the top to the bottom ; and when you feel your skis biting through the top surface it 's time to head back to the piste before you break up the snow too much . |
| 3 | She was on a long time . |
| 4 | Nell stayed as she was for a long time , then had an inspiration . |
| 5 | He says they are in a long term partnership with our local hospitals and they want to do all they can to support them . |
| 6 | They 're , they 're like a long stick with a handle on them are n't they ? |
| 7 | B : oh they were on a long while I think before that + |
| 8 | ‘ It 's like a long drink to a thirsty man ’ . |
| 9 | But also , look as those er , those short answers , now it 's important that you answer the short answer questions well alright , because it 's , it 's a lot easier to get good marks on a short answer question , providing you do it well , than it is on a long answer question . |
| 10 | The guy who 's been in the business or been in the same patch or whatever it is for a long time , |
| 11 | The palazzo itself will be dealt with later when the trip reaches its frontage , but it is worth a long look as you move past . |
| 12 | The little double planet Pluto has such a weird orbit that , even though almost all of the time it is by a long way the furthest known planet from the Sun , occasionally ( as at the time of writing ) it is closer to the Sun than is Neptune . |
| 13 | It was for a long time a small and cheap organisation . |
| 14 | During the development of modern phonetics in the present century it was for a long time hoped that scientific study of intonation would make it possible to state what the function of each different aspect of intonation was , and that foreign learners could then be taught rules to enable them to use intonation in the way that native speakers use it . |