Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1832 at the Pierre 's Hole rendezvous , the Nez Perce fought a long and decisive battle alongside the Americans against some transient Blackfoot . |
| 2 | In fact City handed him his goal on a plate as defenders Peter Atherton and David Busst left a long clearance to each other , and Wright stole in to clinch the outcome . |
| 3 | Goalkeeper Andy Goram hoisted a long punt down field , McCoist headed across the edge of the box and the much-travelled striker spun onto his left foot to hammer the ball into the far corner . |
| 4 | They had their chances , Nigel Clough and Lee Sharpe missing badly before Jeff Agoos hauled a long cross from the left . |
| 5 | I SPENT most of Friday morning having a long talk with Paul Seddon — Assistant Commissioner Seddon , who is our department 's special representative at New Scotland Yard . |
| 6 | The Geometricks styler took a long time to heat up . |
| 7 | When David Rocastle signed a long contract he knew that . |
| 8 | Miss Riley had a long and distinguished bookselling career over 65 years . |
| 9 | It noted that ‘ Corbett McDonald has a long history as a lobbyist for the asbestos industry . |
| 10 | In a report released in late March Hills outlined a long list of trade practices which she alleged were unfair and were hampering the growth of US exports to Thailand . |
| 11 | Li Shai Tung took a long breath , calming himself . |
| 12 | Li Shai Tung took a long , shuddering breath . |
| 13 | North Shields has a long history of democratic local government and is currently under the political control of the most left-wing Labour authority in the North East . |
| 14 | Reg Butler took a long drag on his cigar and glanced up from his newspaper . |
| 15 | A beautiful waterway twelve miles long and relatively narrow , Loch Maree occupies a long straight furrow between tawny hills and , from end to end , nothing mars the tranquillity of the scene . |
| 16 | Well Aunt Sadie said a long time ago |
| 17 | Aunt Tossie took a long pull at her drink . |
| 18 | Cardinal Heenan warned a long time ago that by the year 2,000 there would be no Catholic Church in our country if something was not done to rectify things . |
| 19 | The story of Eddie Aikau began a long time ago : |
| 20 | Mr Gillis took a long look from one tip of the arc of boys round to the other . |
| 21 | Mr Donovan gave a long sigh of relief . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , Mr Lamont has a long way to go before he can recover the confidence of Scottish business leaders . |
| 23 | Mr Yarrow tugged a long card-index box across the desk and set about it with a bespittled finger . |
| 24 | Take education , in which Mr Clinton has a long and distinguished interest . |
| 25 | JC seh has a long history , almost certainly originating from a verb ( which later became reanalysed as a complementiser corresponding to " that " ) in one of the West African languages of the Kwa group . |
| 26 | And though , once she hit her formidable histrionic stride , it was possible to feel that a little of Bette Davis went a long way , her excesses were surely preferable to the homogenised blandness of those mass-produced Hollywood sirens of whom a lot went a very little way indeed . |
| 27 | The University of Chicago Press has a long list of titles for the coming spring season , in contrast with last year 's more restricted offering . |
| 28 | Within minutes of leaving the museum , Mr Hurd was in deep conversation with the Foreign Minister , Mr David Levy ; the two hour session was conducted through interpreters , but Mr Hurd and Mr Levy had a long conversation afterwards in French which both of them speak fluently . |
| 29 | Mr Beckenham took a long pull at his flask , and then carefully topped it up from the bottle . |
| 30 | 27–5 A reply to Hector McLean from P. Nately Waddell started a long correspondence . |