Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , if the goal is for your dog to eat in the car rather than the kitchen , in preparation for a long journey , move its dish a few inches a day towards the car , and then into the car . |
| 2 | In preparation for a long stay , I had several suitcases , a packing case , a cabin trunk , my portable gramophone and records , all my medical equipment . |
| 3 | Where possible the ore , as has been mentioned , was hand dressed in preparation for the long journey to Keswick . |
| 4 | Ben , whistling happily , serviced his car in preparation for the long drive North . |
| 5 | On top of that , if the FA see the Davis case as a precedent , they could be without their England striker for a long spell , while Wright could find his international claims weakened . |
| 6 | If you tend to be inaccurate off the tee , remember that a tailwind usually reduces the effects of side spin on the ball so here 's your opportunity for the long drive . |
| 7 | ‘ Sir , we have been seeking his permission for a long time ; he will not give it . |
| 8 | Their new gas plants will not be on stream for several years ; they need a secure , well-priced coal contract for a long time to come . |
| 9 | It is also our intention — this differs from what has been the case for a long time — that they will be fully manned units . |
| 10 | He had n't had a clothing parcel for a long time . |
| 11 | A wall that has been damp will often contain moisture for a long time after the cause has been remedied , so it is better to allow the walls to dry out naturally , although anti-damp paint could be used to allow the room to be decorated before the wall has dried out . |
| 12 | there 's been a lot of people that have been on that level for a long while . |
| 13 | Indeed , as the indices stubbornly refused to improve , there seemed little prospect that interest rates would not remain at this historically high level for a long period to come . |
| 14 | They must know it 's been going on at domestic and international level for a long time . |
| 15 | Erm right the open show fifty nine ninety five for the hire of the hall , much the same as last year , it 's keeping pretty well down er , it 's , we paid fifty three eighty last year , but I think because little bit for a longer time this year . |
| 16 | We discuss the abortion struggle for a long time . |
| 17 | Been my major struggle for a long time now . |
| 18 | A buyer for the long haul would not skate far past the optimal point and towards bankruptcy costs . |
| 19 | But his parents ' place in Hemlock Road was their base for a long time . |
| 20 | We had a stable rate base for a long time and we saw no reason to doubt that there was anything untoward in the ratings that had been made within our borough . |
| 21 | THE FOLLOWING day is Saturday , and the Inspirals rise at some unearthly hour for the long drive to San Francisco . |
| 22 | And it 's been on my heart for a long time to save . |
| 23 | A discrete block of land may have been in existence for a long time before it was first described in a written document . |
| 24 | The first 4 of these have been in existence for a long time . |
| 25 | The landlord requires security of income for a long period , and this is specially desirable where the landlord is an investing institution which pays out pensions or insurance policies , because a period of twenty-five years ' secure income facilitates the actuarial calculations necessary in order to determine the level of payments which the landlord can make . |
| 26 | Masked by the cold war , it has in practice fulfilled that function for a long time . |
| 27 | He had been standing in the kitchen for a long time . |
| 28 | They played rummy with Patsy in the kitchen for a long time because Mother and Father went across the road to Dr and Mrs Johnson 's house . |
| 29 | Having taught English Literature for a long time in universities , on both sides of the Atlantic , and having spent some years pondering the questions raised in this book , I have come to some very tentative conclusions about what might be done ; they are not , I might add , of the kind I thought I would come to when I began working on it . |
| 30 | She 's got our number all right an' we 'll 'ave to give this place a miss for a long time after this . |