Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made my decision a long time ago , and now I have no rightful place in their lives . |
| 2 | She wrote my mum a long letter saying that I was a Devil Child and the best thing my mum could do with me was have me exorcized . |
| 3 | One thing , one thing about it , it 's crossed my mind a long time ago is er the idea of erm in the half hour or whatever twenty minutes before a concert , doing er concert programme notes |
| 4 | ‘ He had a short affair with my wife a long , long time ago . |
| 5 | ‘ I had blown my whistle a long time before the ball was in the net . |
| 6 | However , I must break that rule this morning and apologise for the fact that I have an extremely heavy cold , which will make the delivery of my speech a long process — and even longer for the House , which has to be detained in listening to it . |
| 7 | He saw not Alina , but something with eyes of blazing green ; her hair a long mane strewn with weeds , her dress a dripping shroud , her teeth sharp , her skin pale and scaly as a snake 's . |
| 8 | She carried you there near her heart a long , long time while you were growing . |
| 9 | My wife 's eyes were greeny-blue , which makes her story a long one . |
| 10 | The English climate , having given its clients a long series of warm sunny days , had decided that this must be paid for . |
| 11 | She was holding a net curtain to one side with the gold-ringed fingers of one hand , while in the other hand she held to her mouth a long white ebony cigarette holder on which she drew constantly as she watched the visitor enter her neighbour 's house . |
| 12 | These cells have their origin a long distance from the sex organs . |
| 13 | Mrs Yaxlee gave her grandson a long considering look . |
| 14 | Somerset CCC made its peace and admitted its mistake a long time ago . |
| 15 | Sammy gave his fingers a long lick . |
| 16 | Patrick had seen the chance to ask a question that had been on his mind a long time . |
| 17 | We have also from his pen a long Dialogue with Trypho the Jew . |
| 18 | We wish and his wife a long and happy retirement together . |
| 19 | He put his horse and his dog a long way before his wife . ’ |
| 20 | There was throughout his life a long conflict between what may one may call a sort of scientific naturalism in his attitude to the world , and the impulse to hypostatize his ideals , to create out of his ideals erm ideal beings of some kind , and so to worship . |
| 21 | Instead , he gave Carter and his advisers a long talk on how he saw the international situation . |
| 22 | The priest completed his circuit and disappeared behind the altar screen , leaving in his wake a long trail of incense which gradually mounted into the roof and lost itself among the ostrich eggs and silver censers suspended there . |
| 23 | He must have started writing his book a long time ago . |
| 24 | James Vane gave his mother a long , hard look . |
| 25 | I know he told me that it was some sort of favour for something he did for your father a long time ago , but what ? ’ |