Example sentences of "of [pron] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( iv ) Certain electoral practices , some of them with a long and disreputable history , are forbidden . |
| 2 | Some people have felt that this borrowing from Dorothy and others shows a certain egotism on Wordsworth 's part , but it was his method as an artist to absorb things into himself , and think of them for a long period before writing them down ; nor is it necessary to maintain , in any case , that the ‘ I ’ of a Wordsworth poem is necessarily the poet himself — it may stand as a universal shorthand symbol with which the reader can equally identify . |
| 3 | I have n't seen one of them for a long time |
| 4 | ‘ I have n't done any of them for a long time . |
| 5 | I have n't had one of them for a long time . |
| 6 | Could do with one of them for a long time , could n't I ? |
| 7 | She caught sight of herself in a long gilt mirror and smoothed her fair hair . |
| 8 | Catching sight of herself in the long wall-mirror as she pulled a peach-coloured , button-necked nightshirt over her head , she found herself wondering what Guy was doing . |
| 9 | All she did know was that she had n't seen the last of him by a long chalk ! |
| 10 | His descendants continued to regard Richard III as the founder of the family fortunes and the fourth duke kept a portrait of him in the long gallery at Kennington . |
| 11 | His descendants continued to regard Richard III as the founder of the family fortunes and the fourth duke kept a portrait of him in the long gallery at Kennington . |
| 12 | Likely any car would have traces of it for a long time . |
| 13 | Then both the earners and the users of foreign exchange will know its real opportunity cost , and they will adjust their behaviour so as to economize on foreign exchange in the short term and to earn more of it in the long term . |
| 14 | This was partly because the traditional school library catalogue , devised by teachers untrained in library methods , aimed to meet only the very simple demands which , alas , were made of it in the long decades of neglect . |
| 15 | I have been a fan of hers for a long time and it is wonderful to see that she is now achieving the status and success that she deserves . |