Example sentences of "see [prep] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long experience suggests that magnetic disks have seen off a long series of challenges over the past 15 years — but a review of the survival and thriving of the technology gives a very partial and inadequate view . |
| 2 | It was the funniest sight I 've seen for a long while , but hardly fair on the birds … . |
| 3 | It 's been the best bit of talent we 've , they 've seen for a long while ! |
| 4 | ‘ Marcus is the best young athlete and talent I have seen for a long time , ’ said Allison . |
| 5 | Kate has a sensitivity and a gentleness in her face that we have n't seen for a long time . ’ |
| 6 | Inner : one of the best inners I 've seen for a long time . |
| 7 | Llanelli and Neath put on a show as good as anything seen for a long time at club level . |
| 8 | These were friends not seen for a long time , visited now because there was something to celebrate . |
| 9 | An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time . |
| 10 | Best editor seen for a long time . |
| 11 | If you saw it over the weekend I mean there was I think it was group sex er it was it wa was gay sex and it was all going on I mean it was all I thought it was the most exciting thing I have seen for a long time to be quite honest . |
| 12 | No , she actually just , I have n't seen for a long time so she can have one of these . |
| 13 | Corners can be cut on flowers and remember , the flowers at the reception are going to be seen for a longer time than those in the church . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It was a hell of a match , one of the best I 've seen in a long while ( live that is ) . |
| 16 | Nicest bars I 've seen in a long time . ’ |
| 17 | Nobody stops learning , but at only 15st I 'm the fastest heavyweight the world has seen in a long time . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I have hit shots this week I have n't seen in a long time . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | This is the highest quality educational package I have seen in a long time and is well worth registering . |
| 22 | There was an expression on her face I had n't seen in a long time . |
| 23 | Elland Road was the emptiest I 've seen in a long time , 23,000 of which 4000 were Crewe fans . |
| 24 | Hell of a good film though , it 's the best film I 've seen in a long time . |
| 25 | This increase , however , needs to be seen in a longer time-scale . |