Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed as if it were coming from a long distance and he waited for a moment , and the moment went into a full minute , and then slowly he opened the door . |
| 2 | It is belted over a long overfold the lower edge of which makes a second horizontal accent , less marked and less regular than that of the belt . |
| 3 | At Christchurch the original station was no more than a collection of sheds , but in 1877 it was replaced by a long Gothic structure — a rare example in the southern hemisphere — which looked like a succession of chapels at right angles to the platforms with a connecting range running between them . |
| 4 | Situated on the outskirts of Cullbridge , it was reached by a long drive edged by trees and shrubs . |
| 5 | It was to lead to a long period of self-confessed misery for her , including beatings by her tranquilliser-addicted mother and spells of being locked naked with her sister in cupboards . |
| 6 | It was not that what he said was startlingly new , for it was based on a long tradition , but his particular talent and novelty was that he managed to combine biblical exegesis with growing papal ideology , to induce the texts to mean something of relevance to his leadership of society . |
| 7 | But she , you know , it was built for a long time before she got anything in it . |
| 8 | It was clothed in a long striped garment resembling a priestly gown from which only the head , hands and feet were excluded . |
| 9 | It was thought for a long time that he was a Carthusian but there is no firm evidence for this . |