Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [prep] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He was ‘ permitted to put in a long day 's work for his Master , and it can be truly said that he gave his best ’ .
2 This spring , however , there really are a few green shoots of recovery , and in a more confident climate , where people are once again prepared to plan for the long term , they could blossom rapidly .
3 She was much happier person because this this she 'd threatened to do for a long time .
4 Marx also took from the classical economists the idea that rates of profit are bound to fall in the long term .
5 The sound had seemed to come from a long way over the heath to the right .
6 ‘ She 's wanted to go for a long time , ’ said Anne , nodding .
7 And went on , ‘ When my mother died , ten years ago , my father did what he 'd wanted to do for a long time and moved into here , leaving me the palazzo . ’
8 ‘ It 's what I 've wanted to do for a long time , so long that I ca n't remember a time when the name Tony Radcliffe did n't send me into a violent rage ! ’
9 ‘ Sheisse , ’ he added explosively as if he had at last allowed himself to be convinced of something which he had wanted to believe for a long time .
10 Several transplants have been tried before , but this is the first time they have continued to function for a long period , according to the researchers at the University of Alberta , in Edmonton .
11 I 'll see that bugger tomorrow mornin' if I have to get up at five , an , I 'll tell him what I 've meant to do for a long time ; I 'll take the can along to the authorities .
12 She would have liked to go for a long walk past the charming wedding-cake buildings that lined the promenade , but although it was only teatime , it was already too dark to see anything .
13 She had begun to pull on the long suede gloves which she had earlier stripped from her beautiful hands .
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