Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pron] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ From what you 've told me , I do n't think we 'll see her for a long time unless your Mr Wyatt finds them , and while he thinks you are Dana he wo n't be looking very hard , will he ? ’ |
| 2 | Mm , they 'll last him for a long , long time . |
| 3 | The org the organist used to carry it for a long way . |
| 4 | A chap named , ooh , Harry , he used to keep it for a long while , and er then of course , th the post office was on the er , opposite side of the road to where it is now . |
| 5 | The water for drinking they used to collect from the gutters and erm it used to go into big barrels and then they used to boil it for a long while . |
| 6 | As for Miguel , he would treat her to a long stare with those soulful eyes and mutter something she did not understand . |
| 7 | A second interpretation of the developments of the 1980s would set them in a longer context , dating back to the late 1960s . |
| 8 | If I simply concentrated on reducing the network , I would involve myself in a long and profitless public , political and industrial row . |
| 9 | If , however , this is not the case , the specialist may put you on a long course of low dose antibiotics . |
| 10 | Though the supplier has no guarantee of the business , it has an advantage and , once it has the business , the firm can be fairly sure it will keep it for a long time . |
| 11 | RAIL commuters have protested at timetable changes they claim will leave them with a long wait or walk . |
| 12 | So what I was wondering was er the scheme is in it 's infancy this and I 'm all in the favour of the decentralising in principle , but I think we ought to perhaps look at it a bit closer , and I would suggest that we have an up-to-date report at the next meeting of this committee so we can compare it over a longer term so , as that we might then reflect on a if we 're doing the right thing or not . |
| 13 | You can hear them from a long way now what you do is you sit them down and let them take up their own particular position , you can , if they 've got their medication their Ventilin or whatever , you can put it beside them , they will know if they need to take it or not , get them with the fresh air and let them take up their own position which is usually leaning forward so that it expands their lungs , talk to them about something different because sometimes well they 've got to think of what to answer you , it 's relaxing those tubes , now if they 're taking their medication and it does n't work within about five minutes get them to hospital , because the only people that really die with asthma are those that have taken medication and keep saying I 'll give it a few more minutes , give it a few more minutes and if they 're getting worse and worse they 're leaving it too long . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm angry because — because you think you can add me to a long line of women notched on your belt . |