Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't mind seeing them a long way off , ’ said the worried lady nome . |
| 2 | they they get an allowance for somebody to clean and if they 've got a cleaner , I mean , they should have sacked them a long while ago ! |
| 3 | Do n't do anything yet , I shall get John to write you a long technical letter . |
| 4 | Has it a long publishing history ( many impressions ) ? |
| 5 | We spent the morning raking gently , and he told me a long and obscene story about a girl called Tina Jelly from Aldershot . |
| 6 | It must have been the change in engine tone that woke her a long time later . |
| 7 | Hastily she sat down , and was relieved when the tall doctor took a seat safely distant from her own and reached to the table that separated them to pour her a long drink of the invitingly iced fruit juice . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , you should have done it a long time ago ; you need a rest . ’ |
| 9 | We should also note that there are at least two different factors which may lead us to feel that some notion deserves emphasis ; one of course is contrast with another property that might have been expressed ; the second is salience of the notion within the particular situation envisaged ; this would presumably be true for : ( 16 ) Geraldine told us a long story about bee-keepers With these points in mind , we should now compare ( 15 ) with ( 17 ) and ask ourselves how much emphasis of either kind is present in ( 17 ) , provided that it is not " read in " in order to support the hypothesis : ( 17 ) the ideas discussed will be put to our colonel topics suitable could include divorce and bankruptcy buildings adjacent will be closed for three days Since there is no doubt that these sentences might be used in situations where the property of the adjective would not be contrastive , the only candidate which may have any plausibility is the " salient on this occasion " variety , though there does not seem to be very strong reason to believe that in all cases where these sentences could be used the adjective property will be salient ; we return to this later . |
| 10 | It 's funny you know , if you give them a long name |
| 11 | Koo Stark was out there in the powder room and seemed to identify with my predicament ; indeed she promised to procure me a long thin-necked vessel and return . |
| 12 | You 've had yours a long t a minute ago cos I 've picked it up for somebody else . |
| 13 | A dragonrider handed him a long shape , wrapped in red silk . |
| 14 | He poured her a long cool gin sling , and bade her sit . |
| 15 | He leaned forward and poured her a long cool glass of freshly squeezed orange juice . |
| 16 | In this box she showed him a long thick green book , a little like an accounts book , with sombre marbled endpapers : |
| 17 | And I and when you 've had it a long time you |
| 18 | Well we 've had it a long time do n't know how long it lasts . |
| 19 | Well you , I mean to say that I 've had mine a long time and you ai n't done much mileage on it . |
| 20 | I should like to thank Edward and Peter for their years of service to the Diocese and to wish them a long and happy retirement . |
| 21 | I am so angry it takes me a long time to find the words . |
| 22 | got a lot of cards and it takes me a long time to do it |
| 23 | Great , they last me a long time |
| 24 | We know you a long time , right ? |
| 25 | Er a pair of shoes if you bought it had to last you a long long time . |
| 26 | Yes , I was just going to say you can do that with , like if you go , it takes you a long time to do it with prospects , they know you over the years , so you can just walk in . |
| 27 | It takes you a long while to realise what a twit you 've been for so long . |
| 28 | George has completed 40 years ’ service with the company working in various locations and all his friends and colleagues gathered at Southall to wish him a long and happy retirement . |
| 29 | Sheldukher killed him a long time ago . ’ |
| 30 | Many of Hazel 's friends gathered at Yew Lodge to wish her a long and happy retirement , and regional managing director Graham Foote presented her with a microwave oven , a transistor radio , and numerous other gifts on behalf of her many friends and colleagues . |