Example sentences of "a long [noun] [adv] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a long journey ahead of me every morning and evening , I do n't hang about , and this is the first petrol-engined car I 've used that has given me over 45mpg on a run . |
| 2 | Liz 's education was to take more than three years : she had already decided to specialize in psychiatry , and knew she still had a long journey ahead of her . |
| 3 | ‘ No — but only because I 've got a long drive ahead of me . |
| 4 | The ‘ celebratory drink ’ fast developed into a full-scale party , but Shannon managed to make her excuses and leave , knowing she had a long drive ahead of her . |
| 5 | ‘ You ladies take far too long over your drinks , and we have a long drive ahead of us . ’ |
| 6 | There was a long night ahead of him , and he would not be relieved until eight o'clock the following morning when Ben Thompson arrived . |
| 7 | We arrived back at about seven pm , had our evening meal and then got an early night because we had a long day ahead of us . |
| 8 | ‘ I have a long day ahead of me tomorrow . |
| 9 | We 've a long day ahead of us tomorrow , ’ Travis agreed , but there was something in his voice that alerted Paige to the fact that he had more to say , and that it was n't particularly good news . |
| 10 | The Conservatives have been a long way ahead of Labour not just in seats ( an arbitrary effect of the electoral system ) but also in votes . |
| 11 | But the UK market is still a long way ahead of the worst performers in Datastream 's league table , Hong Kong and Switzerland . |
| 12 | A long way ahead of him , a young woman was walking , slowly , swinging her handbag . |
| 13 | A long way ahead of me , on a narrow farm road , were half a dozen cows . |
| 14 | Nenna had no more than an animal 's sense of direction and distance , but it seemed to her that the right thing to do would be to try to reach the City , then , once she got to Blackfriars , she knew where the river was , and though that would be Lambeth Reach or King 's Reach , a long way downstream of the boats , still , once she had got to the river she would be on the way home . |
| 15 | In this way , the mother provides her baby with more food over the period of its development than she would be able to pack into a single egg , and what is more , she can do this over a long period instead of being compelled to produce it all at one moment . |
| 16 | ‘ We have a long ride ahead of us tomorrow . |