Example sentences of "for the long [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are references to such ‘ gonnes ’ in accounts of the siege of Berwick as early as 1333 , while it is likely that some form of artillery was brought across the sea by the English for the long siege of Calais of 1346–7 . |
| 2 | No cliff-hanger ending for the long saga of the Guinness fraud trials . |
| 3 | He watched their departure through a spreading mist , and when the last car had gone and the avenue was silent except for the long sigh of grass , he allowed himself to be taken back to his room . |
| 4 | It was in part because of this love of the specially religious life , and in part because of the affection for the long history of the Church , that he led another pilgrimage ( 1959 ) of several thousand people to Holy Island on the coast of Northumberland and even The Times had a piece about the archbishop walking barefoot . |
| 5 | On the basis of these figures , the authors suggest that any test score can be regarded as falling within seven points of the true score for the short form , and within five points of the true score for the long form of the test . |
| 6 | There were other reasons for the long use of the sickle . |