Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | On its right-hand side a long scar ran from just behind the ear to the corner of his mouth . |
| 2 | Such judgements , however , are best made as close to the action as possible rather than on a theoretical basis a long way away . |
| 3 | The princess told them : ‘ I have come to terms with this relationship a long time ago . |
| 4 | Nesting on a high ledge a long way above our tent were two lammergeirs — yellow-bellied vultures . |
| 5 | He cited as his favourite book a long novel about Lancashire and the cotton industry , which he referred to occasionally , but the great wealth of British literature was both unknown to him and something in which he clearly had no interest . |
| 6 | ‘ I have lived in this world a long time , child . |
| 7 | We 've been out on this balcony a long time , and no one has come to interrupt us . |
| 8 | Ruth gave Rachaela one of her Ruth-type presents , this time a long candle shaded through vermilion to orange , and this they burnt as their one festive token . |
| 9 | But I found out his real secret a long time ago . |
| 10 | Soon Downes had reached the last carriage , in front of the diesel locomotive , staring quickly through the windows of the compartment as the few doors still remaining open were banged shut and a whistle blew , and with a slight chug and then with a mighty heave the long , north-bound train began slowly to move forward , gradually picking up a little speed , before moving out and away along the curving stretch of line that led to Banbury . |
| 11 | All your stock , crop and equipment would become part of a vast operation , you and your staff would be workers operating to a master plan created in a central office a long way off . |
| 12 | In France the Third Republic inherited from the old monarchy and the Second Empire a long tradition of such support for Catholic missions in the Near East and China and showed itself as willing as its predecessors to shoulder what it felt to be its obligations in this respect . |
| 13 | CORPORATE GOVERNANCE The long road beyond Cadbury |
| 14 | In the hypognathous head the long axis is vertical and the mouthparts ventral ; the occipital foramen lies in or near the transverse plane . |
| 15 | In the prognathous head the long axis is horizontal , or slightly inclined ventrally , while the mouthparts are anterior in position . |
| 16 | ‘ Charlie was one of the sort that make a little go a long way . |
| 17 | Considering that Coward and Lawrence only ever appeared together twice in adult life , in Private Lives and Tonight at 8.30 , Mr Morley manages to make a little go a long way . |
| 18 | ‘ I knew someone of that name a long time ago . |
| 19 | We gave each other a long hug . |
| 20 | Just as well they have something else in common : they have known each other a long time , and are all good friends . |
| 21 | We 'd known each other a long time . |
| 22 | ‘ We 've known each other a long time . |
| 23 | We 've known each other a long time . |
| 24 | We 're growing familiar , like we 've known each other a long time . |
| 25 | You and I have known each other a long time . |
| 26 | No , and somewhere or other I have got for you a copy of the long string the long you know ? |
| 27 | That time , last year , it rose in a great cloud a long way away , and stayed in the sky for two weeks . |
| 28 | The pack have also developed their loose play a long way and although I am not a great fan of the ‘ hand ruck ’ , in the games so far the pack has mixed its rucking and mauling well . |
| 29 | For subjects in the critical experimental condition the long interval was filled by one auditory stimulus ( say a clicker ) and the short interval was filled by a different stimulus ( such as a tone ) . |
| 30 | Moreover , writers such as Poulantzas ( e.g. 1978 ) pointed out that the state was not just called upon to meet the needs of capitalist accumulation ; in a class-divided society the long term stability of the system depended on the state 's being able to act as a force of cohesion and stand as a ‘ symbol of legitimacy ’ for all sections of society . |