Example sentences of "[adv prt] [to-vb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then went on to provide a long list , not of items that we could accept , but of items that we could not accept . |
| 2 | Those who know better will not rest contented with such a meagre peep of a lake so singularly grand , but will round the hill rather more than another mile to the west , and when the dark lake is full in view , sit down to drink a long look from that favourable point of view . |
| 3 | He suffered horrific injuries in the blast , but his courage pulled him through to lead a long and happy life at a retirement home in Buckinghamshire . |
| 4 | She went on to catalogue a long history of disasters : from her mother dying when she was six years old , through to the latest traumas of seeing her cat killed by a car and being made redundant . |
| 5 | The following morning our team of John , a theology student from a Jesuit College who talked like Derek Nimmo in All Gas and Gaiters , James , a British Telecom engineer ( useful ) and I , set off to follow a long and complicated trail across Colchester . |
| 6 | As far as I know , she went on to live a long life , enjoyed the notoriety , and used it to advantage in the family business , exploiting rumours of her Evil Eye to scare off creditors , and to get the best out of every bargain . ’ |
| 7 | I am about to take a long vacation . |
| 8 | Poking his head out from the cab , to get a little cooling draught , he noticed that they were about to enter a long deep cutting and marvelled at the way the cutting must have been cut through almost solid rock . |