Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [adv prt] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His experiments on the nature of lightning were truly pioneering , starting at Marly in France where a dragoon was persuaded to pick up a long brass wire inside a glass bottle which acted as an insulator . |
| 2 | You 've got to start back a long way before you get to the final decisions on costs and budgets . |
| 3 | A teacher is needed to take over a long standing recreational class at in September . |
| 4 | The present project constitutes a pilot study after which it is hoped to set up a longer term project to follow up the initial findings . |
| 5 | If this explained Mason 's reluctance to pressure Biggs in the middle rounds , thereby allowing the American to pepper him with jabs , it can not obscure the possibility that the British heavyweight will always experience difficulty if required to take on a long contest . |