Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [verb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for Ben Hunt ; his passion for motorbikes started a long time ago . |
| 2 | Such a use of sub-committees goes a long way towards achieving an ‘ open ’ management process . |
| 3 | By noon the sun has come up and it 's getting very warm ; the orchard appears peaceful , the sound of guns seem a long distance away . |
| 4 | The veneration of saints has a long history dating back to the early martyrs ( meaning witnesses ) . |
| 5 | This concern about the calibre of councillors has a long history . |
| 6 | The unpacking of the car and the packing and preparing of sledges took a long time . |
| 7 | The change in hours compounds a long term upward trend in the number of night visits . |
| 8 | Most of the above rules show stress tending to go on syllables containing a long vowel or diphthong and/or ending with more than one consonant . |
| 9 | Officials , wary of the effects the soggy going could have on horses tackling a long hilly course , have taken the precaution of cutting the fences from 38 to 34 and have also slightly reduced the length of the course . |
| 10 | THE death penalty for heretics has a long history . |
| 11 | This gives complete pain relief and is helpful for women having a long labour or who are getting very distressed , but it has disadvantages in that it obviously makes women feel quite passive and helpless . |
| 12 | The stubbles are dew-raked by men drawing a long iron-toothed rake . ’ |
| 13 | The problems faced by princes go a long way to explaining their activities during the lifetimes of their fathers , especially their hostility to their stepmothers . |