Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | YOU 'D think that after a long , hard and highly successful season , Linfield goalkeeper Wesley Lamont would want to put his feet up . |
| 2 | It can therefore be said that in a long series of estimates under the same conditions the population mean would lie within one standard error of the mean 68 per cent of the time , or within two standard errors 95·4 per cent of the time . |
| 3 | It can therefore be said that in a long series of estimates under the same conditions the population mean would lie within one standard error of the mean 68 per cent of the time , or within two standard errors 95.4 per cent of the time . |
| 4 | That 's good actually because I saw that from a long way off and I thought what is it ? |
| 5 | However , while climatic conditions could lead to some long-term changes in the economy and to sharp annual variations in food prices , there is no reason to doubt that over a long period movements in prices and wages do indicate whether population was rising or falling . |
| 6 | ‘ I wished that for a long time , Lizzy , but your father has a different approach to life . ’ |
| 7 | I wonder when I will learn that on a long walk in a single unchanging direction , one will automatically go home with a left leg sporting first-degree burns and a right limb like a piece of white Italian veal ? |
| 8 | Finally , from whatever defence line was established and after a long period of mobilization , Nato 's forces ( presumably mostly Anglo-American ) would launch the great counter-offensive . |