Example sentences of "[vb pp] in a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their horses were fresher , and gradually closed on Sharpe who , to spare the mare 's strength , tried to avoid the worst hills , but he eventually found himself trapped in a long valley and was forced to put the mare at a steep grass slope which led to a bare skyline . |
| 2 | Two men had escaped the inrush but had been trapped in a long section of roadway ; they had lived together in the pitch dark and freezing cold for about 8 days , until overcome by poisonous gas ; there was no way in which they could have been saved in time had their position been known . |
| 3 | A set of 32 items meeting these criteria were selected for a short form of the test , and a larger set of 150 items was included in a long form of the test . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's the most charming man I 've met in a long time . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You are the most frustrating piece of womanhood I 've met in a long time , ’ he rasped . |
| 6 | She unfastened her own belt , and as her arms wound about his neck their lips met in a long kiss . |
| 7 | Fuller justice to these topics , as well as the ape language experiments and various glottogonic theories , is to be done in a longer study . ) |
| 8 | His preliminary architectural sketches hung in a long glass frame on the passage wall inside the cottage . |
| 9 | He was about to leave the foundry and continue his journey when an apprentice came rushing in with the loveliest girl he had seen in a long while , and his heart seemed to stop . |
| 10 | It was a hell of a match , one of the best I 've seen in a long while ( live that is ) . |
| 11 | Nicest bars I 've seen in a long time . ’ |
| 12 | Nobody stops learning , but at only 15st I 'm the fastest heavyweight the world has seen in a long time . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I have hit shots this week I have n't seen in a long time . |
| 14 | The teaming up of Land 's End Ltd with Rowland Edwards , who seems to have his own unique version of reality , produced one of the choicer pieces of double-speak I 've seen in a long time : a press release announcing a campaign to add fixed anchors and gear to the crags in the interests of the environment and safety . |
| 15 | ‘ All this , with the bonus of an organic approach , makes it one of the most original books on gardening that I 've seen in a long time , ’ says our kitchen garden correspondent , Adam Pasco . |
| 16 | This is the highest quality educational package I have seen in a long time and is well worth registering . |
| 17 | There was an expression on her face I had n't seen in a long time . |
| 18 | Elland Road was the emptiest I 've seen in a long time , 23,000 of which 4000 were Crewe fans . |
| 19 | Hell of a good film though , it 's the best film I 've seen in a long time . |
| 20 | This increase , however , needs to be seen in a longer time-scale . |
| 21 | The best one he 's made in a long time , I 'd say . |
| 22 | Our team lost the game by 125 runs , but they reckoned overall it was the most enjoyable day 's cricket they 'd had in a long time . |
| 23 | ‘ This is one of the best evenings I 've had in a long time , ’ Sam said , sipping his coffee . |
| 24 | In my case , and I am sure I am not alone in this , I can picture in my mind 's eye every summit I have reached in a long life without confusion of identity . |
| 25 | They had arrived outside and her cases were deposited in a long silver car that Jenna thought must be a foreign make , probably Italian . |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't worry , Matey , ’ he said to her , leaving the room of many memories , putting his arms about her , seeing with new eyes how old she had grown , and that he was all she had , the last of the many children for whom she had cared in a long life of selfless service . |
| 27 | The BBC found itself embroiled in a long series of disputes with the government , partly over its financing , partly over alleged anti-government reporting of such episodes as the Libyan bombing raids in 1986 ( covered by an able woman reporter , Kate Adie ) . |
| 28 | Now that 's an English expression I have n't heard in a long time . |
| 29 | And I know so many songs that it would be fun to go out there and say , ‘ Hey , man , do you remember this one ? ’ or , ‘ Here 's one you have n't heard in a long time . ' ’ |
| 30 | The blocks were placed in a long tray which was just wide enough to accommodate them and the tray was then subjected to a series of sharp shocks , very similar to the succussion process . |