Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [prep] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If they want to go for a longer period , a key worker would go out with them . ’
2 then you see or somebody you know looking at the long jump and they 're muttering away to themselves .
3 ‘ I remember thinking for a long time afterwards that it must have been Uncle Titch 's , ’ said William , and Preston stared at him in astonishment , shocked not so much by the thought of Uncle Titch and Mary Moxton in carnal embrace as by this sudden insight into William 's dark imaginings .
4 A place you try to find after a long absence
5 If the hall is too narrow for this and many entrance ways are barely more than a corridor , try to get in a long bench or a very narrow console , or at the very least a stool and a shelf .
6 By removing the incentive to become or to stay competitive , countries risk losing in the longer term the benefits they sought in the first place .
7 He 's the nicest man I 've met for a long time .
8 ‘ He 's the most charming man I 've met in a long time . ’
9 ‘ You are the most frustrating piece of womanhood I 've met in a long time , ’ he rasped .
10 Crawford recalled , ‘ I was thinking : ‘ This is the only work you 've done for a long time .
11 It was the funniest sight I 've seen for a long while , but hardly fair on the birds … .
12 It 's been the best bit of talent we 've , they 've seen for a long while !
13 Inner : one of the best inners I 've seen for a long time .
14 It was a hell of a match , one of the best I 've seen in a long while ( live that is ) .
15 Nicest bars I 've seen in a long time . ’
16 The teaming up of Land 's End Ltd with Rowland Edwards , who seems to have his own unique version of reality , produced one of the choicer pieces of double-speak I 've seen in a long time : a press release announcing a campaign to add fixed anchors and gear to the crags in the interests of the environment and safety .
17 ‘ All this , with the bonus of an organic approach , makes it one of the most original books on gardening that I 've seen in a long time , ’ says our kitchen garden correspondent , Adam Pasco .
18 Elland Road was the emptiest I 've seen in a long time , 23,000 of which 4000 were Crewe fans .
19 Hell of a good film though , it 's the best film I 've seen in a long time .
20 We 've moved on a long way from the original version . ’
21 I just want to briefly introduce this , I do n't want to speak in any great , we have had a long debate in house do you if you wish to engage in a long debate again in view of the time tonight .
22 first thing I 've had for a long time is er that .
23 ‘ This is one of the best evenings I 've had in a long time , ’ Sam said , sipping his coffee .
24 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 .
25 We 've known for a long time that when you can talk on the run , the miles just fly by .
26 But it has such appeal that the casinos are reporting more feverish betting activity than they 've known in a long time .
27 You 've wanted for a long time to conduct Le Sacre in the theatre ?
28 ‘ It was as hard as I 've practised in a long time , ’ said the Ryder Cup player .
29 Patients who 've complained about the long wait have been sent letters of apology .
30 I wonder — I 've wondered for a long time — was I right , or was I wrong ?
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