Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sophie drew a long breath , ‘ You have a great variety , but my veterinary training covers most of all these species . |
| 2 | Her face was pale and her voice was as cool as ever , but there was sincerity in her eyes , and Sophie drew a long breath and put out her hand . |
| 3 | The man found in the Queen 's bedroom admitted a long list of offences . |
| 4 | When Zeppelin told PHIL KING their next game was on ice , the rotund reviewer expected a long delay ! |
| 5 | Worrall gave it , then disallowed it for offside but the linesman changed his mind after Pickering made a long appeal and Worrall then allowed the goal . |
| 6 | Shells exploded a long way away across Beirut , down by the port . |
| 7 | This became pronounced in 1949 when the College secured a long lease on two houses , 21 and 23 Cromwell Road , into one of which they moved the Senior and Junior Common Rooms , formerly housed in a hut in Queensgate . |
| 8 | The prospect of another two years of study seemed a long time . |
| 9 | The prospect of another two years of study seemed a long time . |
| 10 | The seal spent a long time underwater , thinking . |
| 11 | But for Ben Hunt ; his passion for motorbikes started a long time ago . |
| 12 | Susanna pulled a long face . |
| 13 | It seemed to Lefevre that the splash took a long time in coming . |
| 14 | The building of the complex spanned a long period , from the foundation of the cathedral in 1063 to the completion of the campanile in 1350 , but the whole group is one stylistic unit . |
| 15 | Hyacinth took a long time to respond . |
| 16 | DAMON Hill went a long way towards fulfilling the hopes of his family and army of fans when he grabbed provisional pole position for Sunday 's Monaco Grand Prix . |
| 17 | Bert took a long sniff and looked at Yanto . |
| 18 | The Russian government called for a speedier reduction of multiple-warhead ( MIRV ) missiles than was envisaged in the START treaty , possible even their elimination by the year 2000 , while the US side preferred a longer time-scale to enable it to make a more detailed assessment of its perceived nuclear defence needs . |
| 19 | On Europe , the Leader of the Opposition gave a long answer during the Queen 's Speech debate on 31 October . |
| 20 | The male Moodies had a long history of accidental death . |
| 21 | He said that the republican leaders had discussed at the meeting financial and other support for Gorbachev " in the period after his resignation " , and he and Gorbachev had a long meeting on Dec. 23 to discuss transition arrangements . |
| 22 | In fact City handed him his goal on a plate as defenders Peter Atherton and David Busst left a long clearance to each other , and Wright stole in to clinch the outcome . |
| 23 | Because the drivers had a long record of bad behaviour and convictions no such expectation existed here . |
| 24 | Cancer research had a long tradition of support from private contributions , but new charities devoted to particular diseases , such as arthritis and rheumatism , leukaemia , and muscular dystrophy , were founded and became a great source of strength to workers whose interests had or might have application to the desired objectives . |
| 25 | Verdun had a long history : it was an important city in Roman times ; Vauban , the great fortress builder of Louis XIV 's reign , had fortified it with ditches and bastions ; in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1 Verdun had withstood a siege of 10 weeks , falling only through lack of supplies . |
| 26 | John Hargreaves , prosecuting , said that Bulmer had a long list of previous convictions . |
| 27 | While the Duke of Argyll had indeed a well-established interest in the county , and John Campbell of Mamore had a long tenure of the parliamentary seat , it is hardly to be wondered that some of the gentlemen resented that blunt statement of Campbell power . |
| 28 | Linton wrote a long letter back , explaining that his father would not allow him to do that . |
| 29 | In 1971 Hick published a longer account of his own ideas in Arguments for the Existence of God . |
| 30 | The possibility of anything like that happening to the Germans seemed a long way off in those days . |