Example sentences of "was [verb] a long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While researching my article , I was given a long briefing at Falkland House in London , by a Falkland Islands councillor nominated by the Islands ' London representative . |
| 2 | ( Later we learn that her body was carried a long distance on someone 's back , for there are only a few places in Tibet where sky burials are performed . ) |
| 3 | The defendant dock company , a wholly owned subsidiary of a port authority , was granted a long lease of part of a disused naval dockyard and applied to the plaintiff local authority for planning permission to develop the land as a commercial port . |
| 4 | Jehana was wearing a long gown of cream-coloured cloth . |
| 5 | She had done another paragraph before it occurred to her that he was taking a long time in Georgina 's office . |
| 6 | There I was to have a long conversation with young Middleton , to whom I took a great shine , and was very impressed with him as a person and indeed his crew . |
| 7 | Finally , the question of national guilt and its expiation was to have a long history in relation to abolition and emancipation involving a definition of national interest as meeting national duty by observing the religious conception of proper order in the world . |
| 8 | I saw long legs and a big pair of hands and he was standing a long way from the ball , giving himself plenty of room . |
| 9 | 2.25:GOLD CUP hero Cool Ground was beaten a long way behind Tipping Tim at Wetherby three weeks ago , and is best watched for the time being . |
| 10 | The sky was getting darker and the silhouette of the Chateau was casting a long shadow of gloom over the scene . |