Example sentences of "one [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Ethiopian revolution no one for a long time knew the fate of Haile Fida , leader of the left-wing Meison group : I only had his death confirmed when the Ethiopian lift-operator in a DC hotel told me he had been in the same cell when Haile was taken out to be shot . |
| 2 | There has n't been one for a long time and that 's all I can say . |
| 3 | I 'd thought about that one for a long time , wondering who Beya and Gabricus were , and had paid little attention to the note in brackets which had been added afterwards : ( Frater mysticus meus . ) |
| 4 | We have n't done this one for a long time have we ? |
| 5 | In some cases , however , the information on contacts may be slender , particularly if the sexual encounter followed a pick-up in a pub or resulted from a drunken all-night party which had been gate-crashed , and the contact-tracer may then be involved in trips , often abortive , to the Jolly Fig and Navel in the seedier part of town to try to locate Suzie — ‘ … the one with the long blonde hair , pink mini-skirt , and acne ’ . |
| 6 | I mean the one with the long nose . ’ |
| 7 | The one with the long , he was funny man ! |
| 8 | Because one week we had one from a long bit ago but I did n't see the rest through the week . |
| 9 | She had made her point — that Suzi was one on a long , long list , and that Gesner was her parents ' generation . |
| 10 | I saw no one on the long lonely road home , and the only enemy that attacked me was the midges . |
| 11 | You put that short one over the long ones to make the skirts stand out . ’ |