Example sentences of "a long [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a long struggle indeed , small fields being literally carved out of the landscape by fire , hacking and sheer brute force . |
| 2 | It 's not a , it 's not a long journey either from Queensbury to Morecambe is it ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | From the Board 's viewpoint the negative factors relating to evening courses were concerned mainly with the instructors , who might well be tired after a day 's work and might also be anxious about a long journey home afterwards . |
| 6 | What a long journey home it would have been if we 'd lost . |
| 7 | It will save me a long journey twice a day to Norton Junction . ’ |
| 8 | If you 're going on a long journey alone , plan your route in advance using main roads as far as possible . |
| 9 | She was too tired to be aware of much except the slight headache which a long journey always gave her , yet she felt curiously light-headed and carefree . |
| 10 | He would go to a bar late and sip a long drink very slowly . |
| 11 | But perhaps you 've got a long drive ahead , ’ he said , not so much hesitantly as enquiringly . |
| 12 | ‘ No — but only because I 've got a long drive ahead of me . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ You ladies take far too long over your drinks , and we have a long drive ahead of us . ’ |
| 15 | I 've got a long drive tomorrow . |
| 16 | This was the worst part as by now everyone was tired , hungry , needed a long hot bath and still had a long drive home ; however spirits were cheerful and by the 29th May we were ready to do it all again . |
| 17 | But today , realizing the problems she might have in controlling her mount let alone in staying on should it prop at a hedge or peck on landing , she decided discretion was the better part of valour and shortening her left rein swung Hullabaloo away in the other direction to take what was known as the Funks ' Run , which ran round a long ridge of elms , across the brook at its narrowest point , and then over a good two miles of open ground , with only one reasonable sized open ditch and hedge to be jumped at the bottom of the dip before a long run uphill which led back to the last of the Vale hedges . |
| 18 | Because one week we had one from a long bit ago but I did n't see the rest through the week . |
| 19 | Straps should be checked for cuts and tears , especially round the rivets , and with any crampon type it is worth carrying a long strap so that emergency repairs can be made in the event of breakage . |
| 20 | MODEL Paula Hamilton puts a long leg forward as she strides across the catwalk in stunning fashion . |
| 21 | We have got a long road ahead but he will get fit because he is so determined . ’ |
| 22 | This change of attitude is significant , but there is a long road still to travel between the discussion of these ideas in high places and their transmission into action at the level of the village school . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The nation-state is inevitably becoming weaker as power goes both up to Europe and down to regions and districts , but it has a long life yet , and the British people have many uses for it . |
| 25 | The long term view that is required for mineral exploitation means that planning permissions have generally been given for a working with a long life commonly not less than fifteen years , and , on occasion , up to sixty years . |
| 26 | We have spoken about old partners as if they will always have had a long life together and that is indeed the case in many of the pairs whom we currently encounter . |
| 27 | Rather like the systems employed by general practitioners , there are advantages and disadvantages to both methods , with patients perhaps preferring the former system and being prepared to put up with a long delay once in the clinic to a worried wait of two or three days . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ I have a long day ahead of me tomorrow . |
| 30 | 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 . |