Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The base had a long history as home to the packers , as well as medical and catering units . |
| 2 | The basic rule is that if the second syllable of the verb contains a long vowel or diphthong , or if it ends with more than one consonant , that second syllable is stressed . |
| 3 | " The grave seems a long way off . " |
| 4 | The possibility of anything like that happening to the Germans seemed a long way off in those days . |
| 5 | If the final syllable of the stem contains a long vowel or diphthong , or if it ends with more than one consonant , that syllable receives the stress . |
| 6 | It was not unusual for the orderer of the Boozebuster to specify a long route back to the office to give the victim 's fellow revellers time to get back ahead of him . |
| 7 | The convent has a long tradition of illustrating cards and books with delicate hand-crafted watercolours and inscriptions . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , the driver spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 9 | Talk of a realignment on the centre-left of the spectrum has a long history . |
| 10 | The Association has a long history ( dating back to the end of the last century ) , and the ESRC funded project will complement existing work on the period before 1946 . |
| 11 | This became pronounced in 1949 when the College secured a long lease on two houses , 21 and 23 Cromwell Road , into one of which they moved the Senior and Junior Common Rooms , formerly housed in a hut in Queensgate . |
| 12 | The building of the complex spanned a long period , from the foundation of the cathedral in 1063 to the completion of the campanile in 1350 , but the whole group is one stylistic unit . |
| 13 | The wooded area is nice enough but the schools have a long history of desegregation problems , and are now 88% black and 10% Hispanic . |
| 14 | Because the drivers had a long record of bad behaviour and convictions no such expectation existed here . |
| 15 | If the chemical diffuses a long way it is more like shouting and a larger number of cells could receive the signal . |
| 16 | The fighting cast a long shadow over the UN peace-keeping operation in Croatia , where the first infantry units arrived over the weekend . |
| 17 | The seal spent a long time underwater , thinking . |
| 18 | On Europe , the Leader of the Opposition gave a long answer during the Queen 's Speech debate on 31 October . |
| 19 | It seemed to Lefevre that the splash took a long time in coming . |
| 20 | The Norwegians choose a long ridge walk to go back to the camp and by the time they have arrived , Tony and I have decided to take the kayaks out on to the Ocean . |
| 21 | ‘ The horse has a long neck , and that helped me get back in the saddle , ’ he added . |
| 22 | The girl spent a long time wondering whether she could pluck up courage to mention she 'd thought of going to the Swimming Gala if her mother really felt there was nothing she could do . |
| 23 | The Queen heads a long list of lenders of the more than 700 objects in the exhibition . |
| 24 | A campaign for a People 's Front would detract from their attempts to influence the Labour Party , and was felt to be inspired by Lloyd George , with whom the Communists had a long standing feud , dating back to the First World War . |
| 25 | ‘ The coach arrived a long time ago ! |
| 26 | The village has a long history . |
| 27 | Thus the Act goes a long way in smoothing the path of the prosecutor . |
| 28 | Here the Shannon resembled a long lake , pale grey in the sunlight . |
| 29 | It was September , when the days take a long time to wake up and the green of the trees is brushed with gold . |
| 30 | All money purchase schemes are potentially unpredictable , and are especially likely to lose value through monetary inflation ( and not least if the annuitant lives a long time ) unless the annuity is fully index-linked , which is not the case under present legislation . |