Example sentences of "[noun prp] [v-ing] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grant , whose wife Dawn died in October following a long battle with cancer , added : ‘ The boss always used to say to me how tough Dawn was , but there was no one tougher than Arthur . ’ |
| 2 | Pedasus will get warning of impending disaster through the priestess of Athene growing a long beard , I 'll read to him to make him laugh and he will , and talk with his sidetrack mind … . ( 14 ) |
| 3 | But with makeshift striker Paul Warhurst facing a long lay-off after his horror injury , Francis must again decide between himself , Nigel Jemson and Gordon Watson for the other place . |
| 4 | He believed that it was possible to " foresee this war of positions between the two Spains lasting a long time " , unless there occurred " the intervention of internal political factors ( revolution in one of the two Spains ) or external political factors ( mediation or a more active form of intervention by the Powers ) " . |
| 5 | I got in touch with the linguists in the University and the College of Education , and was asked if I could do some teaching in March ( March seeming a long way away , I agreed ) . |