Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it 's been on my heart for a long time to save . |
| 2 | I just felt like I would have given my right arm to be there with a camera — and that stayed in my mind for a long time . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ This has been in my mind for a long , long time . |
| 4 | I got up feeling bilious and with a burning headache , wobbling from the previous day 's struggle , as if I were finding my legs after a long illness . |
| 5 | Pat had been attending my classes for a long time — years in fact . |
| 6 | I avoided the mob on the path by descending 200 feet sledging on my rucksack on a long snow bank . |
| 7 | Despite my closeness over a long period to Harold Wilson , I was certainly not close to his publicised cronies . |
| 8 | I 'd been wanting to break a board over my head for a long while . |
| 9 | She was my friend for a long time because we got on really well together . |
| 10 | I once lied to Basil and this has been on my conscience for a long time . |
| 11 | The fact that hippies were so violently apolitical inspired a lot of my polemics for a long time on Oz . |
| 12 | In my dream I was carrying a small child in my arms down a long road . |
| 13 | My arms ached to go round him , but I kept them rigidly at my sides for a long time , punishing him for what he 'd done to me earlier . |
| 14 | However , Muslim ex-singer Stevens , now Yusuf Islam 's reaction was anything but angry : ‘ I 've been trying to get record companies to stop selling my records for a long time . |
| 15 | ‘ Fisher ’ , he said , ‘ was my headmaster and he has known ail my deficiencies for a long time . ’ |
| 16 | One day in October 1582 he came to my house with a long face . |
| 17 | It means you have to keep club staff there for a lot longer , till about 6.30 , and that people spend their money over a longer period of time . |
| 18 | But his parents ' place in Hemlock Road was their base for a long time . |
| 19 | Looking into her face he repeated her words on a long drawn-out breath . |
| 20 | Barry Stewart , defending , said Watson and Paul Cocker had had the offences hanging over their heads for a long time , adding : ‘ It was Darren Cocker 's godfather who was the tragic victim of crime . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Tiredness took its toll after a long hard season . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ No — I definitely am not ! ’ she sighed happily , unable to say any more as his mouth possessed her lips in a long , slow , lingering kiss . |
| 23 | But just for once Jake refrained from attacking her , though he held her eyes for a long , dangerous moment . |
| 24 | Her right hand tingled to smack his arrogant face , but she remembered her drama coach 's advice , consciously releasing her tension in a long , draining breath ; then she said as clearly and cuttingly as she could , ‘ Whatever has Peter done to deserve a rat like you for a brother ? |
| 25 | Their more ample resources also explain why it was least common for such upper-class grandparents to share a house with their grandchildren on a longer basis . |
| 26 | The Old Testament kings had been initiated with unction ; and in any case the Carolingians , unlike their Merovingian predecessors amongst the Franks , could not depend for their sacrality upon a long royal genealogy stretching back into the past . |
| 27 | And suddenly he smiled , his expression softening as he reached out to brush her cheek with a long brown finger . |
| 28 | Usually , riders use all their body in a long ascent , willing strength from every limb into the legs . |
| 29 | Cut all main branches back to a few inches long and for each prepare 2–3 scions of the new variety as for whip and tongue grafting , but trim their bases to a long wedge shape . |
| 30 | She stood up and twisted her hair round her head in a long rope , pinning it high . |