Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have been at ITN for a long time and come from a traditional news background . |
| 2 | Let's take Ben for a long walk , eh ? |
| 3 | Guy stood still , glittering eyes narrowed on Isabel for a long , tense minute . |
| 4 | ‘ I felt good when I returned in March after a long absence from the game with a knee injury . |
| 5 | ‘ I felt good when I returned in March after a long absence from the game with a knee injury . |
| 6 | But as they approached Kingsbere after a long and tiring day 's journey , a man came to tell them there were no rooms available . |
| 7 | Doctors had decided to carry out a forceps delivery on her mother 15 year old Sally Taylor after a long labour . |
| 8 | Mary and Noel Redpath from East Belfast lost their son Gary after a long illness one month before Brian 's horrific murder in 1973 . |
| 9 | ‘ Whenever we came back to Woodbrook after a long absence , the servants would always have a fire and a meal ready to greet us , ’ Phoebe 's sister Antoinette once told me . |
| 10 | He had retired to NZ after a long career in education and publishing with Schofield & Sims , Collins Educational and Holmes McDougall , where latterly he had been publishing director . |
| 11 | They 're both pale and passionate these days and she has n't mentioned Napoleon for a long time . |
| 12 | I 've known Becky for a long time and I never thought she 'd go public with what is a private afffair … it may in part be naivity … but I think some of it was vengence . |
| 13 | He stared at Jekub for a long while . |
| 14 | She had looked at Sylvie for a long time before speaking . |
| 15 | Erm I know , like you do these and er I mean I , I 've heard about Alan and Sue for a long time , I know they 're having a lot of bother , you know with the decorating and all that . |
| 16 | Ever year on the Saturday nearest the longest day some 72 golfers ( four on each tee ) commence a round of golf started by a shotgun fired at 5 a.m. ( 5.30 in 1986 ) . |
| 17 | Doreen gazed up into Silas 's face , her expression soulful , before she turned slowly to favour Lucy with a long and penetrating stare . |
| 18 | A little farther on he cut across the strip of parched grass known as the Villa Comunale which separated Via Caracciolo from the long parallel sweep of the Riviera di Chiaia and made his way up the hill again , away from the bay . |
| 19 | I do n't know what good it did David in the long run because what it did was cost a lot of money . |
| 20 | It was an astonishing performance in a first-rate production , and it led directly to her casting as Kitty MacVurrich in The Long Roads , McGrath 's TV film about a cancer-stricken Skye woman and her husband , visiting their children for the last time . |
| 21 | Philip picked them up and followed Mrs Wright down a long , flagged passage . |
| 22 | You have n't seen Alexander for a long time , have you ? |
| 23 | ‘ It was n't unusual for no contract to be signed — we 've worked with Selina for a long time . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I think Neville Southall has been the best goalkeeper in England for a long time , but now he has been joined by others like David Seaman , Tony Coton and Chris Woods . |
| 25 | Will the Leader of the House bear in mind the fact that there has been no debate on Northern Ireland for a long time ? |
| 26 | Alan Beatt , Weidenfeld 's representative in Scotland and northern England until his early retirement on health grounds , died on 13th December after a long illness . |
| 27 | Derek Warwick , returning to Interlagos after a long absence , found it tough going in his Footwork Mugen Honda and ended up 19th on the provisional grid . |
| 28 | The secretary of the planning committee that examined the project was an MI6 officer called George Blake who had recently returned to England after a long spell of captivity in Korea . |
| 29 | Brave Melanie Dean , of Fransham Road , Pallister Park , died in January after a long battle against cystic fibrosis . |
| 30 | HANDSHAKES of congratulations for Harold Clewlow , who celebrated 25 years ' service as a biscuit placer at Coalport Minerva with a long service award from production director Mike Harley . |