Example sentences of "wrote a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first programme we watched after it was installed was one my father would have loved , about old sailing-ships and the life of our ancestor , the poet-sailor William Falconer , who wrote a long poem , The Shipwreck , which was popular in its day . |
| 2 | She died recently and I wrote a long letter to her husband , Wolfgang Schneiderhan . |
| 3 | He hurriedly wrote a long letter to The Times , which it published on 14th February , the Monday after the debate . |
| 4 | Perhaps unnerved by the suddenness of his summons to the Prime Minister and the vigour of Palmerston 's attack , Scott felt that his case had to be presented in a ‘ more consecutive manner ’ , and on 23rd July , 1859 , he wrote a long letter to Palmerston explaining how much effort he had put into the design and what a loss it would be to the country if it was not adopted . |
| 5 | I wrote a long letter to my aunt next morning . |
| 6 | She wrote a long letter to her brother about these problems . |
| 7 | Finally , he sat down and wrote a long letter to Sybil Vane . |
| 8 | Linton wrote a long letter back , explaining that his father would not allow him to do that . |
| 9 | In 1585 , Lambarde wrote a long letter to Lord Burghley stating reasons for her Majesty to proceed with speed in the defense of the Low Countries . |
| 10 | Rachel flopped exhausted into the long white sofa and wrote a long letter to Jenny , pouring her heart out for the first time in three weeks , telling her everything that had happened since she left . |
| 11 | Bridling , I wrote a long riposte , which was printed in the issue for 2 February 1935 . |
| 12 | I wrote a long time ago to his Department and asked it to move against him and the Department failed to do so . |
| 13 | Green was a warm supporter of the monarchy , and wrote a long encomium of George III after hearing of his death in 1820 . |
| 14 | In September 1861 Valuev wrote a long paper on the progress of emancipation which concluded by acknowledging that " Sometimes the need arises to legitimize things which have not been and could not have been envisaged by a law " . |