Example sentences of "i [vb base] [vb pp] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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1 | It was the funniest sight I 've seen for a long while , but hardly fair on the birds … . |
2 | Inner : one of the best inners I 've seen for a long time . |
3 | Nicest bars I 've seen in a long time . ’ |
4 | The teaming up of Land 's End Ltd with Rowland Edwards , who seems to have his own unique version of reality , produced one of the choicer pieces of double-speak I 've seen in a long time : a press release announcing a campaign to add fixed anchors and gear to the crags in the interests of the environment and safety . |
5 | ‘ All this , with the bonus of an organic approach , makes it one of the most original books on gardening that I 've seen in a long time , ’ says our kitchen garden correspondent , Adam Pasco . |
6 | Elland Road was the emptiest I 've seen in a long time , 23,000 of which 4000 were Crewe fans . |
7 | It was a hell of a match , one of the best I 've seen in a long while ( live that is ) . |
8 | Hell of a good film though , it 's the best film I 've seen in a long time . |
9 | He 's the nicest man I 've met for a long time . |
10 | ‘ He 's the most charming man I 've met in a long time . ’ |
11 | ‘ You are the most frustrating piece of womanhood I 've met in a long time , ’ he rasped . |
12 | first thing I 've had for a long time is er that . |
13 | ‘ This is one of the best evenings I 've had in a long time , ’ Sam said , sipping his coffee . |
14 | ‘ It was as hard as I 've practised in a long time , ’ said the Ryder Cup player . |
15 | I wonder — I 've wondered for a long time — was I right , or was I wrong ? |
16 | In my case , and I am sure I am not alone in this , I can picture in my mind 's eye every summit I have reached in a long life without confusion of identity . |
17 | Archbishop Eames said : ‘ I have believed for a long time there is a crying need for the Churches to examine the problem of sectarianism in depth . |
18 | I will feel a greater feeling of personal well being … a greater feeling of personal safety … and security … than I have felt for a long , long time . |
19 | ‘ I have felt for a long time that the only way this issue was going to be resolved was to have it fixed on a political level — that it would n't just fade away . |
20 | I have lived through a long nightmare and am shattered by what was done to me . |
21 | On a video-film made at Highlander entitled ‘ Save our Land and People , ’ a variety of these groups speak to each other about their own problems and possible solutions , hopes and fears , and I think it is no accident that some of the most beautiful music and evocative songs which I have heard for a long time comes from these people . |
22 | ‘ Marcus is the best young athlete and talent I have seen for a long time , ’ said Allison . |
23 | If you saw it over the weekend I mean there was I think it was group sex er it was it wa was gay sex and it was all going on I mean it was all I thought it was the most exciting thing I have seen for a long time to be quite honest . |
24 | This is the highest quality educational package I have seen in a long time and is well worth registering . |
25 | This has been one of the best Friday debates that I have attended for a long time . |
26 | This is a pity because his book was one of the most interesting textbooks I have read for a long time . |
27 | It was the best experience I have had for a long time . ’ |