Example sentences of "[vb past] a long [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was constitutionally a Kali Carb. patient and she was given the 10M but sustained a long aggravation followed by weakening of her condition . |
| 2 | ‘ I came a long way to say I 'm sorry , ’ Leonora reminded him . |
| 3 | He hated the vulgarity of showing off the delegates as though they were exhibits , and the insincerity of pretending that platitudes were pronouncements of world-shaking import , and the feeling that he came a long way to greet fellow-Christians and found himself turned into a ham-actor on a second-rate stage . |
| 4 | Well he came a long way to get chucked out did n't he ? |
| 5 | Came a long way did n't they ? |
| 6 | McCarthy 's mistake came in the 76th minute when he allowed a long ball to go over his head , and Guy Whittingham nipped in for the equaliser . |
| 7 | Parkin made a long sigh to give himself time to think . |
| 8 | The couple fought a long battle to get welfare benefits but they were unsucessful until Anita went to the new carers ' centre in Banbury . |
| 9 | I got a long way to go to get to high class . |
| 10 | I well remember our first night with the aid of father-in-law we spent a long day moving ourselves in . |
| 11 | She spent a long evening working with Philip , as his assistant , handing him tools , holding steady the beam of a powerful torch . |
| 12 | The 1988–89 Committee spent a long time agonising over the problem of how to keep the broadcasters at arms length , so that their editors would not be able to provide the signal in ways that might be journalistically attractive but would be repugnant to Members . |
| 13 | One group spent a long time comparing the different notes or tones produced when tubes of different width and length were blown or spoken down . |
| 14 | The shower was wonderfully soothing and afterwards she spent a long time drying her hair and putting on her make-up . |
| 15 | The Blancs , who have lived in the cottage seven years , spent a long time looking at many ranges before deciding on the white Miele kitchen with its terracotta trim . |
| 16 | So I spent a long time trying to hide the place . |
| 17 | They started in the Fabric Hall , and spent a long time fingering various swathes of cloth . |
| 18 | I spent a long time reading the advertisements . |
| 19 | Evolution Without Evidence is not a creationist broadside , but an interesting and well-written exercise on the theme that the young Charles Darwin became convinced of evolution but felt that he did not have the evidence to convince his contemporaries , and spent a long time getting it together and arranging it — so long that he was taken by surprise and had to get out the Origin prematurely ( as he always said himself ) . |
| 20 | After all , Jones spent a long time getting the wording right , and you wo n't be able to improve on it . |
| 21 | I know it sounds thin , sir , but I spent a long time getting no further than that and I do n't think we shall do better until we have an angle — some sort of leverage . ’ |
| 22 | On the morning of the day when Therese Aschmann was due to arrive in Hochhauser , Willi spent a long time getting ready before he went to meet her at the station . |
| 23 | It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room . |
| 24 | Moran spent a long time composing the letter . |
| 25 | I spent a long time diving frantically after them , jamming the sheet at a bunch only to see half of them streaking out the other end , and I might have gone on indefinitely had I not felt a gentle touch on my arm . |
| 26 | She never for a moment thought of deserting French for Mrs Hill , having encountered amongst other things some nasty problems about the nature of electricity , but she did enjoy the sensation of flirtation : she spent a long time making her mind up , and finally was summoned by the headmistress , who told her she ought to stick to Sciences , because they offered better prospects . |
| 27 | Dad spent a long time talking to our Pastor afterwards . |
| 28 | He and Claudia spent a long time talking to the police and to the accused man . |
| 29 | The girl spent a long time wondering whether she could pluck up courage to mention she 'd thought of going to the Swimming Gala if her mother really felt there was nothing she could do . |
| 30 | And so Willi was squeezing himself into his best suit , the one he wore for daytime ceremonial occasions , and had spattered himself lavishly with aftershave cologne , and spent a long time arranging the frill of curls round his bald crown . |