Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] on a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
| 2 | As she let her breath out on a long sigh Hilary moved reluctantly away . |
| 3 | He launched out on a long story . |
| 4 | He was a scholar and for many years studied to learn the ways of dragons ; he was proud but not stupid , and he learned all that the books could teach him , and then he set off on a long journey and captured two baby dragons and brought them home as pets . |
| 5 | He set off on a long rambling account of something that had happened in the bar that afternoon . |