Example sentences of "a long [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shadow Health Secretary , David Blunkett , called it ‘ a damp squib with a long fuse attached to a powder keg ’ , and the Trades Union Congress firecast the plans would cost thousands of jobs . |
| 2 | He 's got a long plug has n't he ? |
| 3 | Those that need a long day-length to complete their life-cycle often refuse to bloom in the shade . |
| 4 | Her startled eyes absorbed the thick , short , golden-streaked hair swept back from a broad forehead , ears long and narrow as a satyr 's which grew close to a beautifully formed skull , a mouth of unutterable sweetness countered by a long jaw carved out of golden teak faintly blurred by a light stubble , and a chin that jutted in a formidable challenge . |
| 5 | It 's going to be a long struggle getting established and until I am I do n't see how … ’ |
| 6 | But the low priority still given to gender , and the position of women in the foothills of the profession , ( see BSA , 1986 ) together with increased competition for the limited funding available for sociological research in the present political climate , suggest that feminists still face a long struggle to put women 's issues onto sociology 's mainstream agenda . |
| 7 | Dr Vijayan also reports that after a long struggle to arouse their interest , Pakistani environmentalists are aware of the threat to the bird . |
| 8 | Descending this great river , the Oued Nfis , from that ‘ lost world ’ was something of a long dream realised . |
| 9 | We have a long journey to make to the south . |
| 10 | ‘ The inconvenience arising from cold in the most carefully constructed railway carriage , where a long journey has to be performed in the winter season , suggested to the directors the necessity of fixing a warming apparatus in the bed of the carriage , and Mr. Perkins , the inventor of the steam gun , has accordingly fitted a very ingenious apparatus for the purpose of heating the carriage , which may be thus briefly described : — a coil of pipe placed near the hinder axletree , and supplied with water from a small cistern in the bed of the carriage , is kept heated by means of a lamp with four burners . |
| 11 | There 's a long journey coming up . |
| 12 | However , readers are advised to phone the Club Secretary on before a long journey to check on meeting and/or speakers etc . |
| 13 | I went to the sink and turned the cold tap on for a long drink to combat the dehydration . |
| 14 | The Bishop lived in a fine red-brick house at the end of a long drive bordered with lime trees . |
| 15 | A long drive curved towards a three-storeyed , white building , with steps leading up to its porticoed door and on either side of the doorway a wide , pillared verandah . |
| 16 | Situated on the outskirts of Cullbridge , it was reached by a long drive edged by trees and shrubs . |
| 17 | Then there was a long drive to get to the house . |
| 18 | Apparently it is not intended to decide that a bowler with a long run pays more than a dashing opening batsman , but rather to ensure that a highly-paid Test cricketer does not necessarily pay the same amount as a young uncapped player . |
| 19 | Reversed from previous years , the last 10 miles included a long climb to begin with and continued on higher ground , which was exposed to both direct sun and prevailing wind . |
| 20 | Drew had never been extravagant , but he could n't see the point of parsimony for parsimony 's sake , so he had decided to look for a patron , some ignoramus who would pay him a long salary to coach him and look after his ponies . |
| 21 | He saw not Alina , but something with eyes of blazing green ; her hair a long mane strewn with weeds , her dress a dripping shroud , her teeth sharp , her skin pale and scaly as a snake 's . |
| 22 | The chimney of the so-called New Mill , built in 1850 and no longer in use , is the most prominent sign of the local industry , with a long flue rising up the hillside from the smelting furnaces some distance away . |
| 23 | Get a long mirror fixed to your bathroom or bedroom wall and take a good look at yourself front way on . |
| 24 | The light came from a long mirror surrounded by unshaded bulbs . |
| 25 | Others have some flexibility , being prepared to serve documents in any language which the addressee is likely to understand ; a short document addressed to a commercial firm in English or a language similar to that of the state of destination ( e.g. a document in Norwegian for service in Sweden ) will be accepted , but a long document addressed to a private individual in a relatively obscure language will not . |
| 26 | It is clear that such a strategy would produce an incorrect parsing when a short word followed by a long word is homophonous with a long word followed by a short word . |
| 27 | Gasgcoine is rather a long word to say so I suppose the boys at school call him Gazza . |
| 28 | After that Mr Jotter gave them each a long word typed on a piece of card . |
| 29 | The veneration of saints has a long history dating back to the early martyrs ( meaning witnesses ) . |
| 30 | Public expenditure control has a long history dating back to the early eighteenth century . |