Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a long [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh well if you have n't had chi or have n't done for a long time you enjoy them . |
| 2 | If the long and complex passage of Athenaeus 6 ( 273a–275b ) , which Felix Jacoby gives as fragment 59 , can be considered a trustworthy summary of Posidonius ' views about Roman civilization , two features emerge : ( a ) the Romans preserved for a long time their extreme simplicity of life ; ( b ) in that long period they learnt many techniques from various foreigners ( Greeks , Etruscans , Samnites and Iberians ) and their constitutional principles from the Spartans . |
| 3 | It has been bought on a long lease which also gives BP , which uses the offices , a five-year lease-back arrangement . |
| 4 | She is much exercised about a long letter which arrived today , which she did not show me , but smiled over , and caught up and folded away . |
| 5 | The blocks were placed in a long tray which was just wide enough to accommodate them and the tray was then subjected to a series of sharp shocks , very similar to the succussion process . |
| 6 | why , that 's what the problem you 've spoken for a long time you just know it , but you do n't know why you use that way , you just do that way . |
| 7 | Some young people in care have voiced for a long time their preference for residential rather than fostering care ( Page and Clark , 1977 ) . |
| 8 | Archbishop Eames said : ‘ I have believed for a long time there is a crying need for the Churches to examine the problem of sectarianism in depth . |
| 9 | Her hair , braided into a long plait which fell over one shoulder , looked dusty and lustreless . |