Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [det] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But progress may nevertheless be very slow and unemployment will persist for some long time . |
| 2 | Mario and I agreed during that long flight that part of the trouble had to be media coverage . |
| 3 | this lad was , now he was , coming in the bar , he sat just as you come in the door and then he moved to that long thing where we sit , well I go at the bar and Jackie was sat there Jackie , I said time to be social , no I cos I laugh , I were laughing me head off me and he 's jabbering away move like that , his arms moving you know , then he sets off to sing , well , la , la and Johnny said shut up I know Johnny put his glass of beer on the next table to ours and sets off to see Mickey , then he stands up this lad sit down you , must have thought for his beer , I think he was like , I says to Jack I says er you want to put his trousers is all undone , you know sat and his trousers what and his jumper , so our Johnny went he said get that covered up and , but he pulled it down like that , and now he took 'em out he walked through the door and his trousers were falling down but |
| 4 | After this time they were never really separated for any long period , and the course of Dorothy 's life can be regarded as the same as Wordsworth 's . |
| 5 | Strangely , her mother 's moods , Agnes had noticed for some long time now , were more evident in the evening . |
| 6 | Beautiful part of the world , you know , maybe that 's exactly what you wan na do , you wan na kick out Wolverhampton and go for Mytholmroyd particularly if you 've got a house or if your father 's got a house there which is there maybe a lot , a lot , a lot going for it but you 're looking for this long term prospects |
| 7 | Or perhaps they were still wandering in that long stretch of country which lay between New York and the State of Wisconsin ? |
| 8 | The company has also turned to public relations and marketing to counter its critics , an exercise described by its chairman , Christopher Harding , as ‘ a process applied to any long term product whose appeal to the public has faded for one reason or another ’ . |
| 9 | Having visited other long-stay institutions to make some notes about comparable conditions and arrangements , the district administrator was also concerned about the strain on staff imposed by such long hours . |
| 10 | Scientists are concerned that a special event , such as a sunspot or supernova might occur during this long period of communications blackout . |
| 11 | The mountain shook for several long seconds , after which time they were delighted to see the Doctor hurtle out of the cave mouth and hurl himself down towards them . |
| 12 | Sgurr a'Choire Rainich , the peak of the heathery corrie , is the secondary ‘ horn of this north west thrust of hill , and called for another long pause to gaze over ‘ the ever silent spaces of the East . ’ |
| 13 | Silas sent her a look she was unable to define , and even as she tried to fathom its meaning their gaze locked for several long moments until he reached across the table to squeeze her hand . |
| 14 | You could then make up some sentences in which AH could be compared with another long vowel , say AW , like this : |
| 15 | And we were called into this long room at the erm it was at House at and er there was all these well I considered them to be old men , they could n't have been so old you see but I was only a boy . |
| 16 | However , problems can arise in that long periods of notice may have to be given in order to arrange entry into such schools . |
| 17 | We acclimatise with shorter trips for the first few days , then split for free sailing , meeting up for a couple of days to brief for another long session of free sailing . |
| 18 | Cheryl croaked out the words before lapsing into another long silence . |
| 19 | And to the end of the path , you know as you 're coming along that long path there ? |
| 20 | Microsoft will tell you that Excel has benefited from those long years of development and is now a stable , mature product to be relied upon . |
| 21 | It aims to reduce the swelling of the hair during the perming process , meaning the hair 's structure is protected from any long term damage . |
| 22 | The intimacy with which she and Luke explored each other 's mouths was possession of a kind , so wholly were they given to that long kiss , and when it ended they had to have it all over again , instantly , mouths colliding with an urgency which carried them dangerously beyond mere sensuality . |
| 23 | The Castle of Otranto is as unspecific ( and discomforting ) as Walpole 's description of Pope 's grotto : ‘ An awful silence reigned throughout these subterraneous regions , except now and then some blasts of wind that shook the doors she had passed , and which grating on the rusty hinges were re-echoed through that long labyrinth of darkness . |
| 24 | The church not only provided solace and comfort in those long years , but also a vigorous identity which enabled its people to hold up their heads amid the persecution and oppression . |
| 25 | Once , during free flying , Dawn disappeared in some long grass . |
| 26 | Why do n't you ever mention where your change of clothes come from when you go on those long journeys , I was dying to ask , but I did not want to stop the flow of his fatal attraction and eccentric erudition . |
| 27 | ‘ I want to stay in London , because only then will I get the chance to do some research into polio , like I did during that long vac . ’ |
| 28 | Do n't ask me Matt , I 've been sitting talking for many long days |
| 29 | At midday , he always took a half-hour break , sitting in the kitchen armchair with his feet up on a stool , nibbling toast and dripping and preparing for another long afternoon behind the counter . |
| 30 | I went back to the porch and hid my night bag behind a headstone and then left for another long walk to Harwich . |