Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] a long [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but you 're not used to him being home all the time are you Lyn , I mean for a long period of time like . |
| 2 | Pipe cutters consist of a long pair of handles , with a very heavy bicycle-chain-type construction with cutting wheels in the centre . |
| 3 | Although the feet do not stretch and point in the way we still care about in the West , the dancers do not just move from position to position ; they dance in a long poem of fluently musical movement that is classical ballet 's chief claim to fame . |
| 4 | The reason for all this is because carp are very hard fish to catch and carp fishermen fish for a long period of time often a few nights and days . |
| 5 | My first ambition was to be a concert pianist , but I come from a long line of actors and I suppose it was inevitable really that I 'd follow them . |
| 6 | If you come from a long line of octogenarians , then clearly you will need to work out the sums on the basis of the next 20 years or longer . |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps I come from a long line of knights and no-one ever told me . |