Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Her letters , like his own comment in 1913 on his letters to her , suggest that at eighteen he had begun for her eyes alone the long process of self-discovery with assured confidence of her support .
2 ‘ It takes most soaps quite a long time to establish themselves in the favour of the audience .
3 I do n't know what to think parked cars the of a big if I can see a parked car there a long way in front of me I go I am park that car so it
4 It took Corps rather a long time to adjust , I believe .
5 Instead unemployment in January was the highest for ten years and economic recovery still a long way off .
6 It took place quite a long time ago , it is known as the cessation of the plebs there were two occasions on which the workers of of Ancient Rome and withdrew from the city and their t the terms on which as as far as I recollect the terms of their return where that somebody should write down the law in comprehensible terms and that there should be a special officer , a tribune appointed who could if necessary explain what the law was to them .
7 Cos we had this mat there a long time and I think we picked .
8 A minute later a long ball by Hendry was flicked on by Shearer and Wegerle beat Dublin to stab the ball past James .
9 And she used to go with the district nurses a lot to er to treat different people specially a long time I remember erm a young man erm h he had er I think it was cerebral palsy he had and er he was so fed up with himself he threw paraffin over himself and er set light you know on the top of the stairs and threw himself down .
10 The cat was halfway up the tree , and it took Virginia quite a long time to reach it .
11 A hundred yards ahead a long line of men trotted slowly across the scarred earth towards some shattered trees and broken walls .
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