Example sentences of "[adj] a [adv] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ask him why he did it he said oh well he has such a long name such a very long name spoils the picture |
| 2 | It all seemed such a very long while ago … |
| 3 | The cost of the system is minimal , because the cards last for such a very long time . |
| 4 | It was all a long time , such a very long time , ago . |
| 5 | Such a very long time ago . |
| 6 | Those days seemed such a very long time ago , and seeing Alice now , so chic , so elegant , it was almost impossible to remember her in her grey-and-white-striped uniform and white cap , calling Madeleine ‘ Miss ’ and Aubrey ‘ Master ’ ! |
| 7 | She did not want to tell Connor that she had a private plan in mind ; it was such a very long shot , and might come to nothing . |
| 8 | It is all a very long way from the days of the preposterous proposition , when the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics forbade its members to accept jobs in the pharmaceutical industry ( see Chapter 6 ) . |