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 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | What a long journey home it would have been if we 'd lost . |
8 | It will save me a long journey twice a day to Norton Junction . ’ |
9 | If you 're going on a long journey alone , plan your route in advance using main roads as far as possible . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | We had a long journey back to Holland . |
12 | He would go to a bar late and sip a long drink very slowly . |
13 | But perhaps you 've got a long drive ahead , ’ he said , not so much hesitantly as enquiringly . |
14 | ‘ No — but only because I 've got a long drive ahead of me . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | ‘ You ladies take far too long over your drinks , and we have a long drive ahead of us . ’ |
17 | I 've got a long drive tomorrow . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | I mean it 's a long drive down south |
20 | 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 . |
21 | Because one week we had one from a long bit ago but I did n't see the rest through the week . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | MODEL Paula Hamilton puts a long leg forward as she strides across the catwalk in stunning fashion . |
24 | We have got a long road ahead but he will get fit because he is so determined . ’ |
25 | It 's been a long road back from those dark and confused days , and Pam is grateful for whatever she can achieve these days . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | A long pull up to the summit , Carn Dearg pays a dividend of an uninterrupted view north and east , to Loch Pattack , the snaking gash of Loch Ericht and , as I mentioned , south to offer a clear perception of the hanging valley of Ben Alder . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | A shorter trip for a long night out was also organised by friends before he retired with a private coach taking a very large party to Ayr . |
30 | 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 . |