Example sentences of "were [prep] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And erm we used to go into the assembly hall every morning for prayer and then we should just go up to the erm we we used to go upstairs to the er to the classrooms which were off a long corridor . |
| 2 | In the modern age , institutions outside the family have been created to administer public affairs and women were for a long time expressly excluded . |
| 3 | My parents were from a long line of good people with a strong sense of duty , living at peace with their neighbours , quick to be helpful when it was in their power , understandably a little feudal in their outlook , with a cautious eye on the squire for whom they worked , liking a glass of beer or homemade parsnip wine , and not above a bit of rabbit poaching . |
| 4 | One would have had greater confidence if the selection were from a longer list nominated by other bodies unconnected with the government of the day . |
| 5 | B : oh they were on a long while I think before that + |