Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [vb past] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After what seemed a long time , but was in fact only seconds , an almost inaudible whisper issued into the room . |
| 2 | In front of him stretched a long queue of women each clutching a copy of As the Crow Flies . |
| 3 | The rest of us quit a long time ago . |
| 4 | All of us felt a long way from the happy days when ‘ we never had it so good ’ . |
| 5 | Hee-Haw carried me through the trees and the three of us travelled a long way . |
| 6 | Mozart , whose feelings for her took a long time to cool , later wrote more music for her , including the role of Madame Herz in his Singspiel Der Schauspieldirektor ( The Impresario ) , and she was the first Viennese Donna Anna in Don Giovanni . |
| 7 | Pushing all the forceps to one side he almost ran from the room and reappeared shortly with a tray on which reposed a long chisel and a metal mallet . |
| 8 | I sat for what seemed a long time in the cold darkness , breathing shallowly , not moving at all , just waiting , and eventually there was a lightening of the shadows and a luminosity in the wood , and the moon rose clear and bright in the east . |
| 9 | Ruth waited for what seemed a long time . |
| 10 | He took the instrument and listened to Sandy 's heart for what seemed a long time . |
| 11 | He listened in silence for what seemed a longer period than normal , then she heard him speak . |
| 12 | He looked at her for what felt a long time , seemed about to say something more , but in the end let the moment pass . |