Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have been at ITN for a long time and come from a traditional news background . |
| 2 | Let's take Ben for a long walk , eh ? |
| 3 | ‘ I felt good when I returned in March after a long absence from the game with a knee injury . |
| 4 | ‘ I felt good when I returned in March after a long absence from the game with a knee injury . |
| 5 | Doctors had decided to carry out a forceps delivery on her mother 15 year old Sally Taylor after a long labour . |
| 6 | Mary and Noel Redpath from East Belfast lost their son Gary after a long illness one month before Brian 's horrific murder in 1973 . |
| 7 | ‘ Whenever we came back to Woodbrook after a long absence , the servants would always have a fire and a meal ready to greet us , ’ Phoebe 's sister Antoinette once told me . |
| 8 | He had retired to NZ after a long career in education and publishing with Schofield & Sims , Collins Educational and Holmes McDougall , where latterly he had been publishing director . |
| 9 | They 're both pale and passionate these days and she has n't mentioned Napoleon for a long time . |
| 10 | I 've known Becky for a long time and I never thought she 'd go public with what is a private afffair … it may in part be naivity … but I think some of it was vengence . |
| 11 | He stared at Jekub for a long while . |
| 12 | She had looked at Sylvie for a long time before speaking . |
| 13 | Erm I know , like you do these and er I mean I , I 've heard about Alan and Sue for a long time , I know they 're having a lot of bother , you know with the decorating and all that . |
| 14 | Ever year on the Saturday nearest the longest day some 72 golfers ( four on each tee ) commence a round of golf started by a shotgun fired at 5 a.m. ( 5.30 in 1986 ) . |
| 15 | I do n't know what good it did David in the long run because what it did was cost a lot of money . |
| 16 | It was an astonishing performance in a first-rate production , and it led directly to her casting as Kitty MacVurrich in The Long Roads , McGrath 's TV film about a cancer-stricken Skye woman and her husband , visiting their children for the last time . |
| 17 | You have n't seen Alexander for a long time , have you ? |
| 18 | ‘ It was n't unusual for no contract to be signed — we 've worked with Selina for a long time . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I think Neville Southall has been the best goalkeeper in England for a long time , but now he has been joined by others like David Seaman , Tony Coton and Chris Woods . |
| 20 | Will the Leader of the House bear in mind the fact that there has been no debate on Northern Ireland for a long time ? |
| 21 | Alan Beatt , Weidenfeld 's representative in Scotland and northern England until his early retirement on health grounds , died on 13th December after a long illness . |
| 22 | Derek Warwick , returning to Interlagos after a long absence , found it tough going in his Footwork Mugen Honda and ended up 19th on the provisional grid . |
| 23 | The secretary of the planning committee that examined the project was an MI6 officer called George Blake who had recently returned to England after a long spell of captivity in Korea . |
| 24 | Brave Melanie Dean , of Fransham Road , Pallister Park , died in January after a long battle against cystic fibrosis . |
| 25 | HANDSHAKES of congratulations for Harold Clewlow , who celebrated 25 years ' service as a biscuit placer at Coalport Minerva with a long service award from production director Mike Harley . |
| 26 | There had been a time when she had stared from Crowe 's knee , before Crowe 's study fire , out at Alexander on the Long Royston terrace . |
| 27 | Both may be guessing , although the Encomiast is reasonably well-informed on the campaigns late in Æthelred II's reign , and William 's report of mixed methods need not be far wrong , even if it is a guess ; the armies which troubled England over the long period between c.985 and 1016 do often seem to have comprised the warbands of a number of men , are unlikely to have been organised and commanded solely by Danish kings , did not consist entirely of Danes , and frequently appear to have been motivated mainly by a desire for booty . |
| 28 | My teaching finished just before Easter , and on my way north I went to the national cycle rally , which was held in a motor camp near Blenheim over the long weekend . |
| 29 | I should like to ask Mick regarding the long service ambulance personnel . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ I have known Graham for a long time but there will be no sentiment when he picks the England team . |