Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [prep] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of him would have been sorry to hear that she had been shot , or sentenced to a long term of imprisonment in the filth of an Austrian gaol . |
| 2 | ‘ Afterwards — she would not look at me or speak for a long time . |
| 3 | Bank current account loan or ordinary loan Cash loan usually for specific purpose ( like buying expensive durables or cars ) for people with bank accounts , usually without security ( unless it 's a large sum or borrowed for a long time ) ; usually fixed , regular payments over two or three ( occasionally up to seven ) years ; interest on what is owed fluctuates in line with but rather higher than bank base rate . |
| 4 | When a Vet first takes up running — or resumes after a long lay-off — he or she can count on one thing : several years of improvement . |
| 5 | When back pain and arthritis are the problems it can help to take short rests or breaks from a long stint in one position — say sitting at a desk or standing at an ironing-table . |
| 6 | Stretching to ease tired muscles , she debated whether to go for a swim in the pool or opt for a long soak in a warm scented bath . |
| 7 | It was true that I had n't been to see Jeeta or Anwar for a long time , what with the moving and my depression and everything , and wanting to start a new life in London and know the city . |
| 8 | Businesses that are either very capital intensive or in complex technology , or characterised by a long time-lag between investment and payback , need to have a well-informed head office . |
| 9 | Businesses that are either very capital intensive or in complex technology , or characterised by a long time-lag between investment and payback , need to have a well-informed head office |
| 10 | Many species have the aperture flared , or extended into a long tube ( siphonate forms ) . |
| 11 | The authorities in Tripoli shift ed senior officers around from one post to another at relatively frequent intervals ; the officers themselves said that was not because the government was particularly concerned to create an impartial force ( such as a Gendarmerie or Guardia Civil ) , but because their loyalty was suspect : if they worked in their home areas , or stayed for a long spell of duty in one district , they might acquire a following of dissidents . |
| 12 | The first is that with another ten years of John Paul 's rule , the silencing of awkward bishops and theologians , the appointment to the episcopate of a most carefully selected team of neo-conservatives , a rather traditionalist form of Catholicism will , in fact , harden and remain for a long time effectively unchangeable . |
| 13 | But it does need to be borne in mind that although this form of sudden death can create such instantaneous reactions there are also people who hide and keep quiet and suffer for a long time before finding the opportunity to talk to someone about their feelings or until another trigger sets them grieving . |
| 14 | Nathaniel Sherman stumbled slightly at the entrance of his hut , and his wife heard him cursing and fumbling for a long time with the flap fastenings . |
| 15 | Like the plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs , they were successful and varied for a long time , but all three groups failed to survive the Cretaceous . |
| 16 | There is the standard , spacious , minimally-furnished living room , tastefully carpeted in subdued oatmeal and dominated by a long sofa and oversized TV . |
| 17 | Gorbad halted the attack and prepared for a long siege . |
| 18 | In the Chandni Chowk shopkeepers boarded up their premises , buried their treasure and prepared for a long period of unrest . |
| 19 | She watched as Dana twirled and twisted before a long mirror , making the dress shimmer with a thousand lights . |
| 20 | They walked through the gardens together and talked for a long time . |
| 21 | Oliver was deeply grateful for this offer of shelter and talked for a long time with his new friend . |
| 22 | Kee told her about his life and talked for a long time about the old Haiti and the people he remembered . |
| 23 | She closed her eyes again , tossed and turned for a long time , then finally managed to get a couple of hours of disturbed sleep . |
| 24 | ( i ) Of course , when A = Z and ρ is multiplication , the above merely repeats results we 've known and used for a long time . |
| 25 | When he 'd gone I lay and thought for a long time about poor young Mr Vickers , and of what I should have told Doone , and had n't . |
| 26 | Although mistrusting children , he showed an absorbed interest as he took the photographs and gazed at Henrietta ( fourteen ) , Samantha ( just ten ) and the baby Jacqueline ( now three and born after a long period during which Hugh had displayed a lack of interest in physical contact ) . |
| 27 | This poetry , by contrast , evokes a sympathy in me which is not often brought out by poetry , and I hope and believe that the works of Owen will become great classics and last for a long time . |
| 28 | In a few hours I felt reborn and replete with new powers , washed clean and cured of a long sickness , finally ready to enter life with joy and vigour ; equally cured was suddenly the world around me , and exorcised the name and face of the woman who had gone down into the lower depths with me and had not returned . |
| 29 | They stayed on the hill and talked for a long time . |
| 30 | On reaching the top of the hill , Tess paused and looked for a long time at the familiar green world of home . |