Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [prep] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was one of the best AAA 100 metres in a long time . |
| 2 | For the ultimate in flexibility with Citalia you can now leave on any day you like , stay between 2 and 7 nights with a long stay option of 14 nights and return on the day you choose . |
| 3 | General Mao-Tse-Tung was leading an army of 100,000 peasants on a long march south through Sianfu . |
| 4 | When bread was a shilling a loaf and men earned less than ten shillings from a long week 's work , his father or some other relation was among the most bitterly rebellious against a system that could tolerate such things . |
| 5 | The stimulating article Some library costs and options by Brown ( an economist ) concludes ‘ it seems to be worth acquiring and providing storage for , books likely to be wanted more often than , once in about 1.7 years over a long period ’ . |
| 6 | You 'll be able to see them two houses from a long way away . |
| 7 | He was defeated only four times in a long career , ‘ retiring with a fortune of £70,000 , almost all of which was promptly lost for him ’ . |
| 8 | In this test a load is applied to the two ends of a long bar of uniform cross-section and either the displacement of the ends or that of two fiducial marks on the surface of the bar observed as a function of the applied load . |
| 9 | The characteristic cottage was brick-built on two storeys with a long window on the upper floor where the wooden frame stood to give the operator maximum light . |
| 10 | Gravity is the weakest of the four forces by a long way ; it is so weak that we would not notice it at all were it not for two special properties that it has : it can act over large distances , and it is always attractive . |