Example sentences of "[verb] a long [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 31 | Embedded in his initial instructions to Joshua concerning the actions the people are to take on the seventh day we find the clause , ‘ … when they make a long blast with the ram 's horn ’ . |
| 32 | Fill a long glass with ice , a chunk of cucumber , pieces of orange and lemon and a sprig of mint . |
| 33 | He spent a long time with her , talking , and making her feel better when she was crying and that .. |
| 34 | When he turned it was obvious from his face that he had been having a long tussle with himself . |
| 35 | Instead of having to come home from work and worry about wrapping up the Christmas presents , or writing letters to friends , or having a long conversation with someone in the family who needs a bit of support , and fitting all that in after the children have gone to bed and the supper 's been washed up and you really ought to be reading papers for tomorrow 's meeting , I know I have a chunk of time when I can get on with doing all that . |
| 36 | Then they went back to camp and the only person there was Miguel the interpreter , who 'd been having a long conversation with one of the Indians and when he turned round all the other Indians had scarpered . |
| 37 | I SPENT most of Friday morning having a long talk with Paul Seddon — Assistant Commissioner Seddon , who is our department 's special representative at New Scotland Yard . |
| 38 | Detective Chief Superintendent Wycliffe and his wife , Helen , were to see the spectacle for the first time ; they were spending a long weekend with the Ballards , who lived on the moor above the town . |
| 39 | This production in 1900 started a long association with Blackpool . |
| 40 | ‘ Broke , and I can see that 2.1 disappearing over the event horizon , but fuck it ; I 've still got my integrity and my Möbius scarf , and a boy can go a long way with those things . |
| 41 | And he may have to live a long time with the third . |
| 42 | Terry used his limited Arabic to have a long conversation with another visitor who suggested that an American would go home soon with the Irishman and then , after a little while , during which our governments were expected to ‘ make the next step ’ , another American with a Briton and so on . |
| 43 | There I was to have a long conversation with young Middleton , to whom I took a great shine , and was very impressed with him as a person and indeed his crew . |
| 44 | Perhaps , now that Alison was at least going to become an adoptive mother she would be able to have a long heart-to-heart with her on the subject ; although Celia knew that she would be reluctant , even ashamed , to reveal her innermost feelings . |
| 45 | I shall have to have a long talk with the Lord beforehand . ’ |
| 46 | Seb determined he would find time to have a long talk with her when his present hectic spell of work came to an end . |
| 47 | ‘ For one who intends to stay a long time with us , Englishman , you know little of us . |
| 48 | You can get a long way with three parts and with four you can conquer the world ! |
| 49 | Huge boulders and slabs enclose a long chamber with a central drainage gully . |
| 50 | Even so , it is possible to get a long way with well-designed experiments . |
| 51 | The Times also carried a long interview with Jacob Manor . |
| 52 | ‘ People have to spend a long time with robot animals first . |
| 53 | Had a long chat with Dad about which service we should attend . |
| 54 | So I had a long chat with the , with the cleansing officer and the main point |
| 55 | I had a long chat with during the trip when , amongst other topics , we recalled the days of the agricultural show season and some of the hectic times we had , especially at the Norfolk and Suffolk shows . |
| 56 | From talking to them on the way home and talking to Ted Heath 's G P , who we also had a long discussion with , without doubt there are other people there who obviously simply refuse to let come home , who are just as serious and , from the sound of it , one or two perhaps even more serious than the ones we did bring home . |
| 57 | In England for the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch , I had a long conversation with James , of which I recall principally that it was about fate . |
| 58 | He had a long conversation with a Russian passenger , who talked about magic and ‘ hidden powers ’ in a most interesting way . |
| 59 | On May 18th 60 members had a long session with Howard Pastor , the White House head of congressional liaison , trying to convince him of the need for further cuts . |
| 60 | Città del Castello , which had a long rivalry with Arezzo , had reason to want papal protection in order to stave off the ambitions of Arezzo . |