Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.

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1 Now , as she crossed into Farringdon Street and saw familiar landmarks , she stopped and put down her bag , gazing about her with the pleasure of someone who has come home after a long absence .
2 ‘ Your Mummy has gone away for a long time ’ usually only serves to leave the child frightened but feeling the anxiety of the adults all around which forbids further discussion .
3 At first glance , the head seemed to consist solely of a long nose protruding from a tangle of hair , thereby resembling the countenance of a maned vole , though considerably larger in size .
4 A Mum and Dad who 'd known vaguely for a long time that Conor liked holding parties were suddenly being told over cups of tea and Hobnobs about vast acid house raves in the middle of fields , about police chases across whole counties , about an entire organisation that Conor had run ( Conor had run an organisation ? ) , which could call a party and have 5,000 people turning up at £20 a ticket within 48 hours .
5 I hope to stay here for a long time . ’
6 The watching Masai begin to walk away after a long , contemplative moment .
7 We all think it 's going to stay there for a long time and , and there are varieties now , bred specially to be immune from er T M V and er , we use things like Counter or Curabell , or one of my favourites of course Shirley .
8 I should have tried harder at the long jump at school
9 The way I was doing the deal , everyone was going to have to work together for a long time . ’
10 Polar plants appear to have adapted positively to the long days , long nights , low light intensities and other special conditions ( Chapter 2 ) of their environment .
11 He had looked forward to the long drive to Wales as an opportunity to push out the boundaries of their friendship , to gauge whether it might flourish in more normal circumstances than those in which it had begun .
12 He coveted the throne and had done so for a long time .
13 Carl had got home after a long day .
14 In the bite-shaped hollow , a small mound of viscous lava was growing and continued to do so for a long time afterwards .
15 This race came only two months after he had run well for a long way when leading the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury and Gaselee told me , ‘ He appeared to love the Newbury race and we were delighted with his performance at that time . ’
16 erm many people came to Kuwait to work for a short term and after a while they realised it 's fine so they continued to stay there for a long time , and that is the haven that we were talking about .
17 The first was occupied by Miss Trimby , the last of a family that had lived there for a long time whilst her neighbours were Mr. & Mrs. Collins with their middle-aged bachelor son .
18 They had lived together for a long time , but the sister was now reaching the conclusion that the situation could not continue much longer :
19 That would be a mistake : this is one of the most satisfying and interesting CDs I have come across in a long while .
20 I have said enough about the long run already , where there will be no more Reykjavik and no more big glass and not even any more lovers .
21 They stood clasped together for a long time , then he bent his head and kissed her , softly at first , then with such increasing passion that she could feel his heart beating like a drum .
22 I mean there , there are a lot of people , of people in who have lived here for a long time , and lived here ever since they were born .
23 The ambassador reported that " The Emperor is monitoring the serious political illness which has gripped all countries , and believes his empire very far from being immune from infection " ; Nicholas was now of the opinion that " Highly reprehensible principles have been disseminated among young people who completed their university courses around three years ago , among people who have lived abroad for a long time , and also among teachers , professors , writers and journalists .
24 they made the area around the reactor a non living area , the problem is of course people that have lived there for a long time do n't want to move and so over
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