Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both families were of long standing in Norfolk . |
| 2 | tell me what arrangements have you got your with your employer if you were on long term sickness ? |
| 3 | It 's a problem that shows no sign of disappearing — while we were at Long Lartin there was another skirmish which left two prisoners seriosuly injured . |
| 4 | There were a few couples whose friendship was of long standing and who were always seen about together . |
| 5 | The most likely explanation is that the illness which took his life within ten days of his baptism in Rome on 10 April 689 was of long standing and that Caedwalla abdicated in the knowledge that his health was failing . |
| 6 | From the context it is clear that the secret , whatever it was , was of long standing . ’ |
| 7 | Patients included in the present study had diarrhoea that in some cases was of long duration . |
| 8 | He was in Long Lartin prison when he wrote to me , but by the time that I was able to make contact with him , he had been transferred to Winson Green prison . |
| 9 | He was on long term treatment with frusemide ( 80 mg twice a day ) , enalapril ( 10 mg once a day ) , isosorbide mononitrate ( 10 mg once a day ) , and aspirin ( 150 mg once a day ) . |
| 10 | The next race was at Long Beach in California , billed as the US Grand Prix West , and though it ran through some streets , its relationship to Monaco , much hyped in the local press , was pretty tenuous . |