Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maria has quite a long job . |
| 2 | Cindy Hill breathed out a long sigh of relief . |
| 3 | Patrick Kelly and Frederick Flowers went back a long way . |
| 4 | When the 10th Plenum of the Central Committee met in September 1956 , Vo Nguyen Giap read out a long list of errors , some quite devastating : ‘ We have failed to realise the necessity of uniting with the middle-level peasants . |
| 5 | Fergus laughed rather a long time at this , and said tersely , ‘ I should . ’ |
| 6 | Hans let out a long breath . |
| 7 | Penry reached out a long arm and drew her in front of him so that she stood in the shelter of his arms as he held the wheel . |
| 8 | Harry let out a long breath . |
| 9 | Then Davey moved quite a long way away for his work and she hardly saw him . |
| 10 | He and Ockrent go back a long way — to a jointly written screenplay for Paul MacCartney , which ‘ never saw the light of day — a damn shame , because it was a lot better than Broad Street . |
| 11 | Ellen Harker let out a long breath and relaxed visibly . |
| 12 | Middlemass stretched out a long arm and held the instrument to his left ear . |
| 13 | The manner of Biggs 's defeat was to say the least surprising and on this evidence Mason has still a long way to go before he can think of himself as a genuine contender for the world championship . |
| 14 | From the back seats the Shermans heard Jacques suck in a long irritable breath . |
| 15 | The armies that came to Lebanon marched down a long , dull tunnel that inevitably ended in brown smoke and pieces of flesh . |
| 16 | Sub David Cork was brought down by Wes Saunders after Cusack headed down a long punt by Prudhoe , but Cook , taking the responsibility instead of the absent Lee Ellison , blasted his spot kick too close to Gareth Howells and the keeper pushed the ball away . |
| 17 | Released from duty and put on the case , Renko builds up a long list of suspects , Zita having slept with most of the crew and possibly some of the flatfish . |
| 18 | Robyn let out a long , quivering breath and felt the treacherous ache in her body . |
| 19 | Evans let out a long whistle . |
| 20 | Later , when they were in their bedroom , preparing for Evensong , John pulled out a long legal envelope from his travelling writing case and said : ‘ Here is my real present to you . |