Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] a long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The town and its surrounding rural communities already had a long tradition of Dissent , but just over 20 miles to the east the situation in Doncaster was very different . |
| 2 | And it annoyed her intensely , not least of all because she still felt a long way from figuring him out ! |
| 3 | ‘ Yesterday I also received a long letter from Steve Pyle . |
| 4 | However , he also went a long way towards showing that this apparent conflict could be reconciled by isolating ways in which the two ideals were similar . |
| 5 | The Times also carried a long interview with Jacob Manor . |
| 6 | Bulgaria also had a long history of Byzantine building of churches and monasteries but remains of original work are not numerous or of high quality . |
| 7 | From talking to them on the way home and talking to Ted Heath 's G P , who we also had a long discussion with , without doubt there are other people there who obviously simply refuse to let come home , who are just as serious and , from the sound of it , one or two perhaps even more serious than the ones we did bring home . |
| 8 | One Frenchman had taken his carbine from his holster and now tried a long shot at Sharpe , but the bullet fluttered harmlessly overhead . |
| 9 | It was no use trying a friendly smile because you immediately developed a long line of followers and felt like a comet with a tail . |
| 10 | The Currabinny Community Association then provided a long list of other sources of responsible relevant information . |
| 11 | Surgical techniques for an artificial penis and scrotum were still experimental and any success there seemed a long way in the future . |
| 12 | The Minutes record ‘ There followed a long discussion about the merits of bondholders and Dr. G. O'Gorman forcibly made the point that their position and relative control was undemocratic and that their strength was out of balance with their numbers . ’ |
| 13 | There then followed a long period of muddle and confusion not helped by the fact that no one had a recent photograph of Blake and that it was a Saturday evening . |
| 14 | He was re-elected to parliament in 1978 , and then survived a long struggle against cancer . |
| 15 | Even after the Union of the Crowns there remained a long period during which old traditions and suspicions simmered uneasily , and old local enmities flared up at the slightest provocation . |
| 16 | He was certainly in Italy before Narses died in 574 , and he subsequently spent a long time in Constantinople . |
| 17 | He hurriedly wrote a long letter to The Times , which it published on 14th February , the Monday after the debate . |