Example sentences of "write a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't have to write a long article . |
| 2 | And so , although she had hated having to do it , Laura had forced herself to write a long letter to Ross , saying how very much she loved and missed him — and could n't they still try to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage ? |
| 3 | It is not necessary to write a long report of each happening but the essential details such as date , time , detail and signature of person making the entry . |
| 4 | He could explain that this had been written a long time ago , when he was quite a different person . |
| 5 | Yes , Dutch , yes , no not as I say , not far away , that was Deut the first the first one we heard was Deutscheland , and that was the Dutch one , that 's the Netherlands one , erm , written a long time ago , written in the sixteenth century , written as a piece of music , erm , the tune , apparently very very old indeed , erm , and Mozart took the tune , and made variations on it , which is perhaps why it sounds familiar , you 've probably heard it somewhere else . |
| 6 | What was really said on that occasion is not on record but Wilberforce had just written a long review of Darwin 's book in the Quarterly Review and from this it seems clear that the good Bishop was by no means the fundamentalist reactionary which he is commonly supposed to have been . |
| 7 | I remember a Rhodesian in our squadron writing a long letter to the ‘ Malta Times ’ about this very subject , but I do n't think it was ever published . ’ |
| 8 | That 's about the only difference between writing a short answer question than writing a long answer question , is that the long answer is a , is a good idea to have a diagram . |
| 9 | I 'm writing a long article about the horrors of the diet and exercise industry . ’ ) |
| 10 | I shall write a long poem about what I saw shining from the other side . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I would fain write a long letter to each one of you but have no strength … |
| 12 | The first programme we watched after it was installed was one my father would have loved , about old sailing-ships and the life of our ancestor , the poet-sailor William Falconer , who wrote a long poem , The Shipwreck , which was popular in its day . |
| 13 | She died recently and I wrote a long letter to her husband , Wolfgang Schneiderhan . |
| 14 | He hurriedly wrote a long letter to The Times , which it published on 14th February , the Monday after the debate . |
| 15 | Perhaps unnerved by the suddenness of his summons to the Prime Minister and the vigour of Palmerston 's attack , Scott felt that his case had to be presented in a ‘ more consecutive manner ’ , and on 23rd July , 1859 , he wrote a long letter to Palmerston explaining how much effort he had put into the design and what a loss it would be to the country if it was not adopted . |
| 16 | I wrote a long letter to my aunt next morning . |
| 17 | She wrote a long letter to her brother about these problems . |
| 18 | Finally , he sat down and wrote a long letter to Sybil Vane . |
| 19 | Linton wrote a long letter back , explaining that his father would not allow him to do that . |
| 20 | In 1585 , Lambarde wrote a long letter to Lord Burghley stating reasons for her Majesty to proceed with speed in the defense of the Low Countries . |
| 21 | Rachel flopped exhausted into the long white sofa and wrote a long letter to Jenny , pouring her heart out for the first time in three weeks , telling her everything that had happened since she left . |
| 22 | Bridling , I wrote a long riposte , which was printed in the issue for 2 February 1935 . |
| 23 | I wrote a long time ago to his Department and asked it to move against him and the Department failed to do so . |
| 24 | Green was a warm supporter of the monarchy , and wrote a long encomium of George III after hearing of his death in 1820 . |
| 25 | In September 1861 Valuev wrote a long paper on the progress of emancipation which concluded by acknowledging that " Sometimes the need arises to legitimize things which have not been and could not have been envisaged by a law " . |
| 26 | In the third year they take two full-year courses , two one-term options , and in addition they write a long essay on a selected topic . |