Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] [art] 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 | ‘ I think it might even be further away than we came on the Long Drive , ’ said Masklin quietly . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He felt happier than he had for a long time . |
| 12 | Her friends did not think of her as a drunk and Rachel would be truly shocked if she knew about the long nights of insomnia and secret alcohol . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | If you find in the longer run that the process of " being in love " stops you functioning properly ( i.e. getting your college work done ) that too is something you might need to look at with some skilled help ( i.e. a skilled counsellor ) . |
| 15 | And he went on his way with the youngest brother until they came to a long glade in the forest . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | A rest , a quick conflab and we decide to do another twenty miles and reach our tent before we stop for a long rest . |
| 19 | So with all this in mind , as I sat in a long queue of airmen for the preliminary examination , I was thankful . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | As she hurried down a long corridor , her mind groped backwards over the events of the previous night . |
| 22 | I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street . |
| 23 | We happily planned a day hike as we swam in the long blue lake while butterflies fluttered around us . |
| 24 | Especially when they come from a long way , away . |
| 25 | When they complained of the long hours , Peckinpah had them fired . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | In America , partly because of more recycling , safeguards depended more on full accounting for the nuclear materials themselves as they passed through the long and complex procedures . |
| 28 | As they approached down the long corridor she could see George , the sacrificial dummy , slumped over the console : the bait for Forster 's trap . |
| 29 | He saw Celia sitting under a large cedar tree in the garden when he drove up the long drive and swung the car round into the forecourt . |
| 30 | The bulletin is unique among national galleries of art and is highly regarded , drawing as it does on the long standing interdisciplinary tradition of London 's National Gallery . |