Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] a 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 | They are often hung between trees or old posts a long way apart , and they are extremely difficult to see . |
| 3 | Such judgements , however , are best made as close to the action as possible rather than on a theoretical basis a long way away . |
| 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 | ‘ It grows on the top of very tall trees in wet forests a long way away , and little frogs spend their whole lives in it . |
| 7 | On warm days a long and cooling drink , or a mug of tea , is impossible to resist . |
| 8 | But I found out his real secret a long time ago . |
| 9 | In the spectrum of ammonia ( Fig. 6.17 ) , the band due to ionization from the lone pair orbital shows a long progression in a reduced symmetric deformation frequency . |
| 10 | It took the sad pair a long time to burn — I once read that the bill for the execution , including stake , chains and timber , came to about £3.7shillings ; . |
| 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 | ‘ Charlie was one of the sort that make a little go a long way . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | They 've got a fine album and a string of great singles a long way behind them , but the Demonz have yet to have the mass market fawning at their feet , unless you count their brief appearance in the video for ‘ The Bouncer ’ . |
| 15 | That time , last year , it rose in a great cloud a long way away , and stayed in the sky for two weeks . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Which is not to say he 's a hippy soul surfer , a revivalist sporting a long Malibu board and casually riding a wave 's length as if strolling in the park . |
| 18 | This seems to indicate that the rock was of sacred significance a long time before Augustine visited . |
| 19 | Lewis and Harris share with the developing world a long and troubled history of agrarian problems and unrest . |
| 20 | Both areas will be far below optimum today but — and this is the important point — in the one case the land can be brought back to full production easily , whereas in the other case a long and costly process of fertility building will be necessary . |
| 21 | ‘ He bailed my father out of some financial difficulty a long time ago , ’ he said shortly . |
| 22 | Not as clearly defined as the one back at his office , more like a study really , with a desk and filing cabinet , a bookcase against one wall , and beneath a wide window a long , narrow work-top cluttered with various pieces of gadgetry . |
| 23 | In the pre-1965 period a long run of higher than average precipitation allowed the spread northward of rain-fed cultivation , dominated by millet , and at the same time the increased populations placed more pressure on the vegetation for fuelwood . |
| 24 | It 's reasonably straightforward as a recording task ( discussed in the next chapter ) and it gives an ephemeral occasion a longer lease of life . |
| 25 | Most private owners discovered the use of a tail and wing-tip dolly a long time ago , making it possible to tow out with a car single-handedly on most days . |
| 26 | ‘ This house used to be known as the Seven-Mile House a long time ago before our family come to live here . |