Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a long [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was t I mean when you think about it er it was good fun and er eventually people realized what was happening and of course they knew what was happening but that went on for a long long time . |
| 2 | ‘ Why do n't you just get out of this car and come inside for a long cool drink and a long cool swim and admit defeat ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've heard so much about you , ’ she said to me , as though settling herself in for a long cosy chat . |
| 4 | There had been times , especially after a long busy night at the club , when she had been severely tempted to just throw in the towel and thumb through the Yellow Pages to find the nearest painter and decorator to hand . |
| 5 | They were looking down into a long dark cellar , lit by a brazier at one end . |
| 6 | The captain joined in with a long raucous song , beating time on the tea tray . |
| 7 | After 1772 the " turnpike mania " settled down in a long steady progress to an eventual 22,000-mile peak in 1836 , accelerated only in the widespread speculative investment booms of the early 1790s , 1809 – 12 and the mid 1820s . |
| 8 | The ridged pasture was falling away in front of Sharpe , sloping down to a long dark oak wood from which a cart track ran north towards a big stone-walled farm that looked like a miniature fort . |
| 9 | arguments , all of which can be developed only by a long mental soak in the subject . |
| 10 | Mr Nyers was speaking shortly after a long procedural wrangle on the method of electing the new leadership . |
| 11 | Sally wanted something smaller , preferably with a long silky coat and a bow in its top-knot . |
| 12 | She made off along a long marble-floored corridor . |
| 13 | Well , why not kick off with a long tropical cocktail in Trader Sam 's beach bar — freshly picked fruits , a tall glass , a cascade of ice , and a healthy splash of something a little stronger ! |
| 14 | He set off on a long rambling account of something that had happened in the bar that afternoon . |
| 15 | Mum kept out of sight until he had left , then down the stairs she came , all dressed up in a long black taffeta dress , which rustled when she moved . |
| 16 | But I mean these erm do it yourself places have been open for , well defied the law now for a long long time have n't they ? |
| 17 | Colour another 225g 18oz ) of the marzipan green , and roll out into a long wide strip . |
| 18 | If you try that with erm a piece of wood , you try to pull it out into a long thin wire it would just break . |
| 19 | It was almost a door and looked out on to a long paved garden bordered with box hedges and there was an inviting looking higher hedge at the bottom with an arch of greenery over a gap in the middle . |
| 20 | Vic threads the tunnels , switches lanes , swings out on to a long covered ramp that leads to a six-lane expressway thrust like a gigantic concrete fist through the backstreets of his boyhood . |
| 21 | And er the trainer on medical practices has been out there for a long long time doing this so there 's a lot a wealth of experience there . |
| 22 | This looks almost like a long unused guest room with a view . |
| 23 | I heard this with embarrassment , remembering how terribly bored and miserable I had been sitting there on a long hot afternoon , hardly understanding a word as chiefs and elders talked to our delegation in local dialect . |
| 24 | Couville rose and went across to a long leaden tube . |
| 25 | They had been imprisoned there by a long dead ruler , Llud . |
| 26 | In particular , it has a lower jaw so loosely connected with the upper that it can be pushed forward like a long narrow spoon . |
| 27 | A rectangular coil is located parallel to a long straight current-carrying wire as shown in Fig. 4.19 . |