Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , he has not honoured the spirit of the words that he used in Committee , where we engaged in a long debate about the value of the assets and the effect on the workers . |
| 2 | His interest and concern calmed me and sitting in his study at the back of the church I felt more at peace than I had in a long time . |
| 3 | He has words of praise for the RSNO Chorus , which he says has ‘ sounded better than I remember in a long time ’ in the initial rehearsals of a work new to all concerned . |
| 4 | ‘ I feel better about the market now than I have for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 5 | ‘ I saw Everton more times in the last few months of last season than I have for a long time . ’ |
| 6 | So erm I 'm looking forward to this season much more than I have for a long time , so I ca n't wait , wherever I end up , we 'll have to see , but erm I 'm looking forward to it anyway . |
| 7 | ‘ Better than I have in a long time . ’ |
| 8 | She felt more alive than she had for a long time . |
| 9 | Second , there is the knock-on effect to the advertising market in the UK and Australia , which is looking weaker than it has for a long time . |
| 10 | He felt happier than he had for a long time . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And he went on his way with the youngest brother until they came to a long glade in the forest . |
| 13 | No school-children so far , but I can hear the first faint scrapes and slushing of householders beginning to clean their pavements , and the sound is strange and hard to recognise in the almost silent air , seeming as if it came from a long distance , a country sound in the wrong place . |
| 14 | Yet there can be no room for complacency after shock home defeats by Watford and Barnsley defeats that were all the more disappointing because they came after a long unbeaten home run . |
| 15 | A rest , a quick conflab and we decide to do another twenty miles and reach our tent before we stop for a long rest . |
| 16 | So with all this in mind , as I sat in a long queue of airmen for the preliminary examination , I was thankful . |
| 17 | For instance : ‘ You should lose weight ’ , ‘ You should n't be so inarticulate at work ’ , ‘ You should n't pursue money as a goal ’ , ‘ You should be kinder to your mother when she phones for a long chat . ’ |
| 18 | As she hurried down a long corridor , her mind groped backwards over the events of the previous night . |
| 19 | I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street . |
| 20 | Especially when they come from a long way , away . |
| 21 | Officials from the leading Ulster team have voiced their opinion in the past that there should be some of form seeding for the preliminary round , and now it has raised its head again as they prepare for a long trip south on November 6 . |
| 22 | Food never tastes so good as it does after a long day 's hike . |
| 23 | Llanelli and Neath put on a show as good as anything seen for a long time at club level . |