Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were given a long account of tritium generation at Mount Mauna Loa and all that and then ‘ by the way here is the neutron spectrum ’ . |
| 2 | Some conversions that were done a long time ago would not pass today 's stringent building regulations . |
| 3 | The comments above by Sisam ( 1915 ) and Hall ( 1920 ) arise directly from Skeats 's views , and , although these comments were made a long time ago , it would be a mistake to think that the Anglo-Norman argument has now been abandoned . |
| 4 | These points were made a long time ago by Kahn-Freund in ( 1940–1 ) 4 MLR 221 , but have never been satisfactorily answered . |
| 5 | And thoughts that were thought a long time ago are as dead as old Squeez-Ee detergent bottles , and as slow to biodegrade . |
| 6 | They were gone a long time . |
| 7 | It may be that there is now enough information available to answer questions that were asked a long time ago but never answered . |
| 8 | Taking his troubles to his doctor , he was given a long prescription , which he presented to the chemist without first reading it . |
| 9 | While researching my article , I was given a long briefing at Falkland House in London , by a Falkland Islands councillor nominated by the Islands ' London representative . |
| 10 | Iain Christie , chairman of the processing group , said : ‘ This promotion was arranged a long time ago , before this import situation surfaced . |
| 11 | Can only assume this was designed a long time ago , say roughly 1983 ; surely even Peter Snow must now realise that a Labour landslide is rather more likely than a Tory one . |
| 12 | ( Later we learn that her body was carried a long distance on someone 's back , for there are only a few places in Tibet where sky burials are performed . ) |
| 13 | The defendant dock company , a wholly owned subsidiary of a port authority , was granted a long lease of part of a disused naval dockyard and applied to the plaintiff local authority for planning permission to develop the land as a commercial port . |
| 14 | No , this was done a long while ago , |
| 15 | It was decided a long time ago and the waiting is over . ’ |
| 16 | The estate was sold a long time ago to the Dukes of Devonshire and was tenanted at one time by the Reverend Thomas Fosbroke , the celebrated antiquary . |
| 17 | ‘ When I step back from it all , I see tennis was invented a long time ago . |
| 18 | Brown Owl was gone a long time , but at last she came back , and leaning on her arm and limping was the pilot of the plane . |
| 19 | Ooh I was taken a long time ago . |
| 20 | ‘ The entire community was resettled a long time ago . |
| 21 | 2.25:GOLD CUP hero Cool Ground was beaten a long way behind Tipping Tim at Wetherby three weeks ago , and is best watched for the time being . |
| 22 | She might say ‘ no' ’ even if it was planned a long time . |