Example sentences of "were [v-ing] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tracer laid stitches across the sky : the bombers still in formation were firing long shots at him . |
| 2 | Both were serving long sentences at the time , Finucane for possessing firearms and ammunition and Clarke for the attempted murder of a member of the Ulster Defence Regiment ( a part-time regiment of the British Army ) . |
| 3 | Up on the flank of the Down the rabbits ' shadows were lying long across the thymy ground and the beeches on Ridgery Edge high above had caught the flat sun on their lettuce-green leaves . |
| 4 | The women were wearing long dresses . |
| 5 | Lady Thomson , Midge and Chris were wearing long dresses . |
| 6 | Then the chains on some passes were too short to pass over the wearers ' heads : they were getting longer chains in . |
| 7 | Mr Fractor 's sums were getting longer and longer . |
| 8 | Many of the house officers were working long hours without proper medical supervision . |
| 9 | But they were working longer hours . |