Example sentences of "[prep] a [adv] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a particularly long photo-session , the photographer wanted one more shot and her patience gave out : ‘ Hurry up , ’ she said firmly , ‘ I 'm busy . ’ ’ |
| 2 | The extended families are split up as the men move first , to be followed only after a fairly long interval by wives and children and often never by other relatives . |
| 3 | ‘ No , ’ she said at last , after a very long pause . |
| 4 | And this pays in the results you get only after a very long time . |
| 5 | If such businesses are independent and directly answerable to the stock market , any bad investment decisions would only become apparent after a very long time . |
| 6 | But decline does not mean " cessation " , immediately or even after a very long time ; although erection will occur gradually less often , ejaculation will take longer to achieve with the passing years and the frequency of sexual intercourse tends slowly to decrease , there need not be any enormous difference sexually between a man of 20 and one of 70 . |
| 7 | Solid drinking ‘ Two years ago I had a one-day relapse after a very long time of being sober . |
| 8 | It 's very satisfying after a very long investigation . |
| 9 | Tito , at the age of 87 , was forced to stay alive for a few extra weeks by the vigorous application of every last trick of the medical trade , including the use of a kidney machine , long after it was apparent that he had reached the end of a pretty long road . |
| 10 | ‘ I shall ask your indulgence of a rather long exposition , Mr Chairman . |
| 11 | She had , to hand , the lavatory brush , three toilet rolls and the hardback edition of a very long novel by a Peruvian author with an unpronounceable name . |
| 12 | On the whole , they appear as keen at the end of a very long day as at the beginning . |
| 13 | This may be the middle of the afternoon to you , to me it 's evening — and the end of a very long day . ’ |
| 14 | Certain ancient stains along the approach corridor — which resembled the rib cage of a very long whale — had suggested that those ribs could clash shut at any sign of unwelcome visitors , imprisoning or crushing intruders . |
| 15 | Only at the end of a very long career did he occasionally depart from the highest standards of restrained good taste . |
| 16 | The organ here is a fine instrument , well played by Bernard Gavoty , and this account takes its place at or near the top of a very long list . |
| 17 | For either Concerto , this new disc deserves a place close to the top of a very long list . |
| 18 | It 's like being a very little fish on the end of a very long line . ’ |
| 19 | Statements by the West German Bundesbank indicate that it views monetary union as a state which comes only at the end of a very long process of economic convergence . |
| 20 | So here we are today , almost at the end of a very long process , having experienced a wide ranging debate about the future of Greater York and numerous consultation exercises . |
| 21 | It is the end of a very long era . |
| 22 | The capacity rules are just part of a now long list of rules and regulations that surround university life , and make extra demands on the time and freedom of academics . |
| 23 | Today those cross bunkers were in range of a really long drive . |
| 24 | The return trek can seem like a very long haul but all the effort seems well worthwhile by the time you 're comfortably sitting in the bar at the Sligachan Hotel cradling your glass of single malt . |
| 25 | It seemed like a very long time ago when I and others followed Lovat into this house . |
| 26 | With brightness masking , subjects report that although the target appeared to be present for a reasonably long period it was too vaguely defined — its contrast was too low for it to be identifiable . |
| 27 | Shoulthwaite Ghyll remained in a very good condition for a surprisingly long period . |
| 28 | Despite episcopal censures , the practice continued for a surprisingly long time ; measures were taken to stop Irish clergy so cohabiting as late as the sixth century . |
| 29 | It has become the drug of choice for the American armed forces and for the World Health Organization , and has survived against the threat of resistant strains for a surprisingly long time . |
| 30 | Basically , however , British cities ‘ got by ’ for a surprisingly long time . |