Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Persuading a child to take a long course of medicine is usually a struggle , as children often dislike the taste . |
| 2 | The children sit in a circle holding a long piece of string , on which is tied a ring . |
| 3 | It will also show this combination when a person reads a single sentence and when a person reads a long passage of prose . |
| 4 | Yes but you know I mean a tr a tree takes a long time to mature does n't it ? |
| 5 | The idea was , why has a giraffe got a long neck ? |
| 6 | This of course might be due to the fact that the sample as a whole has a long working week ; it certainly contradicts the impression given by the women themselves that ‘ women 's work is never done ’ : |
| 7 | A month seemed a long time to him too . |
| 8 | The use of an outsider to observe what happens in a school has a long history in Britain through the process of formal school inspection . |
| 9 | I I ca n't comment on on comments that you are referencing , however I will say that in Maryland er we displaced an incumbent vendor who had been there a long time , er that vendor was a bit upset as you might imagine with being displaced as a vendor , and in Maryland we had a situation that kind of evolved into the same kind of political row you would expect when a company loses a long time business . |
| 10 | Because she had been reluctant to meet up with Celeste again , she had sat in a public stand a long way away from the private seating , the grid , the pits , but now she raced back towards them . |
| 11 | The actual construction of a carpet goes a long way to determining how long it will keep its original appearance . |