Example sentences of "[pron] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do they know who lies beside them the long night through , under the overhanging cliffs recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as having the only sunless spot in Britain , summer or winter ? |
| 2 | The old man was shouting hoarsely , and someone a long way off was answering — and running , too , for she could feel the vibration of rapid footsteps . |
| 3 | Took my a long while ago . |
| 4 | So it came as no surprise that the first chants of ‘ Flashman out ’ were heard just two minutes into a contest in which the long ball was essential in atrocious conditions . |
| 5 | Rules deal with such things as the use of Hansard and the extent to which the long title can be used in interpretation . |
| 6 | Further delays could have a serious effects on Army plans to introduce a fleet of gunship anti-tank helicopters , for which the long range Trigat is intended to be the primary weapon . |
| 7 | Still , to look on the bright side : if they had been together all this time , by now they might already be a dull settled couple , instead of which the long separation had preserved the thrill of courtship in their marriage , with letters passing between them constantly . |
| 8 | The Old Library , of which the long Room forms the main part , was built between 1712 and 1732 . |
| 9 | If F L is the price of the index future in which a long position is taken , while F s is the price of the index future in which a short position is adopted , the intercommodity spread basis is F L - F s = ( S L - D L ) ( 1 + r L ) - ( S s - D s ) ( 1 + r S ) . |
| 10 | In this case , the spread ratio equals the price of the future in which a long position is taken ( F l ) , divided by the price of the future in which a short position is taken ( F s ) , that is , p = F l /F s . |
| 11 | With peeled veneer , a round log is heated in a steam pit for about twenty-four hours and then set up and rotated in a lathe in which a long knife peels the veneer circumferentially at a speed which is wonderful to watch . |
| 12 | She was too tired to be aware of much except the slight headache which a long journey always gave her , yet she felt curiously light-headed and carefree . |
| 13 | Indeed I am always immensely flattered when somebody a long way down our hierarchy rings me up and asks me to do something which they believe I am in a particularly good position to do . |
| 14 | He has driven himself a long way in a short time ( abandoning , for example , the naïve ) ; he will drive on , and we shall have to see how he uses this hardness , emphasis , energy and comprehensiveness , how much more power he has of development . ’ |
| 15 | It takes you a long while to realise what a twit you 've been for so long . |
| 16 | ‘ You 're at maximum lean angle now with so much grip that when it does step out it throws you a long way . |
| 17 | I should have been here for you a long time ago . |
| 18 | If you do n't know them it 's going to take you a long time . |
| 19 | ‘ I forgave you a long time ago . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I meant to ask you a long time ago and I forgot to . |
| 21 | Big overlap on , especially on stuff like this about the dynamics erm do n't forget that sort of first sheet I gave you a long time ago about |
| 22 | We know you a long time , right ? |
| 23 | Well I 'm conscious we kept you a long time this time this morning and I certainly do appreciate your attendance and presence . |
| 24 | erm and I think maybe that you , you jumped in should n't have done that er because obviously M Martin got quite defensive at that point you know because you were only going there to do this financial planning service and er selling them anything , you were just offering this financial planning service and then you jumped in with these , when I come back with my recommendations erm tt I also thought that erm you know it was a little bit dodgy actually to say you , well you know erm tt we have found that our records are incorrect and I thought well then that maybe and erm you went ve you went very o when you were talking about the dependants erm you , you you did n't seem to get into er erm how many children have you got and is there any other dependants , it , you , it seemed to take you a long time to actually get there . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Then , steering the conversation back on course , she said , ‘ Are you saying it took you a long time to get over Jennifer ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't forget who you 're talking to here — I 've known you a long time , remember ? |
| 28 | How long did it take to establish that did it take you a long time to ? |
| 29 | Well Charlotte it 's not easy , it 's gon na take you a long time , but then so |
| 30 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ it 's not too easy to answer without giving you a long lecture on the structure of the body . ’ |