Example sentences of "[coord] a [adv] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Du n no people have said like that will last a really short time or a really long time , but what 's considered a short time I know what a long time is , a long time is like sort of four months three sort of four months onwards in n it for like people our age , what would a short time be they ? |
| 2 | Choose the right Koi and it could be an investment for life — choose the wrong one and you could be a very short — or a very long time regretting your mistake . |
| 3 | If the actual delivery or the birth of the baby had been difficult , traumatic for example a forceps delivery or a very long labour , where the baby and the mum got very tired and exhausted If there 's any , if there 's any congenital amalgamation we can discuss it |
| 4 | Ilse was a slim attractive country girl of eighteen , with bobbed black hair and a rather long nose . |
| 5 | The air was cold on stage , the little orchestra seemed to be down a mine and all she could see was a very small bald head and a very long baton . |
| 6 | My preference , especially with a menagerie fleet and a relatively long line , is to approach the line as in Diagram 3 . |
| 7 | The Baby Toothbrush has extra soft short tufts to protect delicate gum tissue , and an extra long handle to give the parent a steady , comfortable grip . |
| 8 | Goshawk Squadron landed at Fricourt in light drizzle with blinding hangovers , and got away with only two accidents , thanks to the grace of God and an unusually long field . |
| 9 | ‘ Once or twice , but a very long time ago , ’ Andrew said . |
| 10 | But here in Chichester Chairman , it 's er a pretty serious situation where you 've got a a small river causing tremendous volumes of water er levels of which I think have never been experienced with anybody er going through a very small city built in eighteen hundreds I do n't know what time and date you know , but a very long time ago . |