Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [prep] a long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It 's like a long drink to a thirsty man ’ .
2 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 .
3 The guy who 's been in the business or been in the same patch or whatever it is for a long time ,
4 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 .
5 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 .
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