Example sentences of "a long [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a long look I had made up my mind to continue 18 . |
| 2 | Erm , two er three points would I like , erm , picking up a couple of comments earlier , and coming back to a , I think if we use a cricketing analogy , a long hop I 'd like to bowl at you Chair , and you may hit it in Mr Wincup 's direction . |
| 3 | After a long journey we arrived at Lowestoft College . |
| 4 | Going to be a long journey I would think cos it 's an hour and a half from here to Scarborough on the bus . |
| 5 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 6 | Style is important , but in a long document it can be very time consuming to check that the headings , subheadings and body text all conform to the same pattern . |
| 7 | For a long minute they seemed as one , then , abruptly , the spell was broken . |
| 8 | For a long minute she said nothing . |
| 9 | Anyway , we 'll take a cab , it 'll be a long night I expect . |
| 10 | That evening I went to see an old friend ( that is , old in years ) in case out of the experience of a long life she might bring forth words of wisdom . |
| 11 | I remember particularly well a long discussion we had on a bright sunny day in Austria in 1983 , on the subject of the relative importance of car and driver . |
| 12 | After a long childhood it has become the most successful laboratory of its sort in the world . |
| 13 | It was a long day you know . |
| 14 | After such a long day I thought of my wife and son with ‘ What have I done ? ’ running through my head as I dropped off to sleep . |
| 15 | And I say to myself , what a long way they 've got to go . |
| 16 | What a long way we have suddenly moved from the point argued in Chapter Five , that in dramatic playing the participant is adopting a function . |
| 17 | Goes back a long way I 'm afraid . |
| 18 | If the chemical diffuses a long way it is more like shouting and a larger number of cells could receive the signal . |
| 19 | Having come such a long way it is a pity that the story ends in 1900 , without discussing the alleged takeover of chemistry by modern physics . |
| 20 | Mrs Singh remarked what a long way it seemed . |
| 21 | a picnic but er , that to me is a long way it is n't , it is n't in a chart , it is n't in the summer |
| 22 | I do n't , I 've never known of any , no I have n't know of any at Willenhall , but erm as I say it 's a long way you know through |
| 23 | It 's such a long way you know |
| 24 | Then one day I had to go to the Post Office for something — one of them forms I daresay — so I thought I better wrap up , I better take care , you 're very vulnerable after a long illness you know , and I put my old long mack on and one of the kids ' mack hats and Wellingtons and I went out in the rain , feeling , in a depressed sort of way , ‘ Well , if I get ill again , what can I do ? |
| 25 | Many couples continue to enjoy sexual intercourse once or twice a week into old age , but some people have neither the inclination or ability for this , and of course in a long relationship we do adjust to our partner 's needs . |
| 26 | With a long sigh he drew her close , his lips seeking hers . |
| 27 | In a long poem we expect to find breathing-spaces interspersed between the more important sections of the poem ; in The Prelude the real matter is the philosophy , and the narrative passages , as can be clearly seen here , are illustrations of it . |
| 28 | Then after a long pause she added , ‘ Absolutely nice . |
| 29 | Tackling a black run in a blizzard was a worry , but when you only have a long weekend you ca n't hang around for the sun to shine . |
| 30 | And I god so I dashed round , got a long weekend it turned out to be marvellous . |