Example sentences of "[conj] a [adv] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The annual totals are published with the permission of Islay Estates Ltd. where a remarkably long run of weather statistics has been kept with very few gaps . |
| 2 | Du n no people have said like that will last a really short time or a really long time , but what 's considered a short time I know what a long time is , a long time is like sort of four months three sort of four months onwards in n it for like people our age , what would a short time be they ? |
| 3 | Choose the right Koi and it could be an investment for life — choose the wrong one and you could be a very short — or a very long time regretting your mistake . |
| 4 | If the actual delivery or the birth of the baby had been difficult , traumatic for example a forceps delivery or a very long labour , where the baby and the mum got very tired and exhausted If there 's any , if there 's any congenital amalgamation we can discuss it |
| 5 | It may turn out to be one or two meetings only or a much longer period of time . |
| 6 | If you know that a slightly longer sweater will make you look slimmer and you want to look that way , it is up to you to examine the diagram before you knit and work accordingly . |
| 7 | A feat in much the same league as Catriona Lambert 's opening 76 was the second round 74 handed in by Pauline Dobson , no relation to Helen albeit a similarly long hitter . |
| 8 | Ilse was a slim attractive country girl of eighteen , with bobbed black hair and a rather long nose . |
| 9 | The air was cold on stage , the little orchestra seemed to be down a mine and all she could see was a very small bald head and a very long baton . |
| 10 | My preference , especially with a menagerie fleet and a relatively long line , is to approach the line as in Diagram 3 . |
| 11 | You can borrow any sum from £7,500 for any purpose including any kind of home improvements and your loan will be secured by a mortgage on your property which means a lower rate of interest and a much longer time to repay . |
| 12 | With this equipment the patient will enjoy the dignity of doing an active job until a more long term solution is found for his or her medical problem . |
| 13 | The data reported by Kovacs in section 12.9 imply that the observed T g would decrease further if a sufficiently long time for measurement was allowed . |
| 14 | ‘ Once or twice , but a very long time ago , ’ Andrew said . |
| 15 | But here in Chichester Chairman , it 's er a pretty serious situation where you 've got a a small river causing tremendous volumes of water er levels of which I think have never been experienced with anybody er going through a very small city built in eighteen hundreds I do n't know what time and date you know , but a very long time ago . |
| 16 | ‘ All that happened is that I over-reacted , ’ he said at last , after a very long pause . |
| 17 | After a very long time the young man had not reappeared . |
| 18 | After a very long time Yussuf appeared . |
| 19 | One , for example , oh five , six years ago , perhaps more , time passes so quickly erm on the Lewes to Wych Cross road , closed the road at Dane Hill for a very long period of time , while the road was completely reconstructed . |