Example sentences of "a long [adj] run " in BNC.

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1 Please for god 's sake stop playing Fairclough at the back — the defence is a shambles when he 's there — quite honestly I 'm getting pretty pissed off with Wilko — i know we 've had a long unbeaten run and we 're still second and he 's won us the championship etc etc and this is defenitely over reaction to last night but get rid of the fucking bastard and find us someone who 'll pick teams that can beat the Norwich 's and Man Utd7s of the league or we 'll be perenial mid table finishers .
2 But now some reports on a couple of the other games this afternoon ; in the South Midland League Trophy ; Shenley and Lowton five , Oxford City two ; so the end of a long unbeaten run for Oxford City ; our reporter , John Shepherd .
3 Then linking trills as a long confident run
4 It 's a long straight run .
5 There 's nothing like a long Technical Run to dissipate any euphoria attached to a theatrical production , and that was the effect of the one held for The Hooded Owl on the evening of Sunday , 26th October , 1980 .
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