Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [pers pn] [vb past] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | from all over the pond until they made a long chorus croak croak croak they are saying . |
| 2 | From the back of the room where they were made to stand apart from the family for the rest of the ceremony , the three children were able to hear only snatches of their grandfather 's words as he conducted a long discourse praising the virtues of his dead parent . |
| 3 | We arrived back at about seven pm , had our evening meal and then got an early night because we had a long day ahead of us . |
| 4 | Did you say these used to rub your toes when you went a long way in them ? |
| 5 | Well the only thing is that I hope that the next generation that is coming along now will appreciate what has been done for their generation because it took a long time for us to get what we wanted for our children and now with our grandchildren are coming along I hope the town will improve with their growth . |
| 6 | Julia followed him through a tall , wrought-iron gate and waited on the weedy gravel in front of the pale yellow walls of a large square villa as he pulled a long , iron bell . |
| 7 | Mortimer almost ran headlong into a patrol of Germans as he traversed a long gallery , but the Germans were hampered by uncocked weapons , and Mortimer downed two of them with his Browning before ducking behind a turn in the wall , his men loosing a volley of rifle fire into the surviving guards . |