Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [prep] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got up feeling bilious and with a burning headache , wobbling from the previous day 's struggle , as if I were finding my legs after a long illness . |
| 2 | Pat had been attending my classes for a long time — years in fact . |
| 3 | The fact that hippies were so violently apolitical inspired a lot of my polemics for a long time on Oz . |
| 4 | In my dream I was carrying a small child in my arms down a long road . |
| 5 | My arms ached to go round him , but I kept them rigidly at my sides for a long time , punishing him for what he 'd done to me earlier . |
| 6 | However , Muslim ex-singer Stevens , now Yusuf Islam 's reaction was anything but angry : ‘ I 've been trying to get record companies to stop selling my records for a long time . |
| 7 | ‘ Fisher ’ , he said , ‘ was my headmaster and he has known ail my deficiencies for a long time . ’ |
| 8 | Barry Stewart , defending , said Watson and Paul Cocker had had the offences hanging over their heads for a long time , adding : ‘ It was Darren Cocker 's godfather who was the tragic victim of crime . ’ |
| 9 | Cut all main branches back to a few inches long and for each prepare 2–3 scions of the new variety as for whip and tongue grafting , but trim their bases to a long wedge shape . |
| 10 | These fish are especially prone to ‘ conditioning ’ ; you can switch their minds onto a certain item of food and if you keep that food trickling through their swims over a long period they will continue feeding , with only short breaks , until that food runs out or some other disaster happens to move them . |
| 11 | Overnight , as passengers slept soundly in their cabins after a long day ashore , or the more hardy danced and gave in to the temptations of the midnight buffet , the Ocean Empress had weighed anchor and begun to move south again , until , shortly after dawn , the silence of the engines pronounced her arrival in Tenerife off the west coast of Africa . |
| 12 | ‘ This success has been achieved as a result of the hard work by LASMO 's staff and its partners over a long time . |
| 13 | Still peering from the corner of his eye , Frankie stared at her breasts for a long time before he realized with a jolt that she was observing him through the mirror . |
| 14 | If you , yes , certainly , you can use bits , you bits of a long conversation if necessary . |
| 15 | Gaughan held his head in his hands after 23 minutes when Shrewsbury defender Dean Spink headed just over his own bar while trying to clear another effort , and the former Sunderland man forced Perks to his knees with a long range right foot shot . |
| 16 | She met his eyes for a long while , then nodded . |
| 17 | The maid stared into his eyes for a long moment and then suddenly turned away . |
| 18 | But he joined the New Party and so it er he spiked his guns for a long while . |
| 19 | He held her in his arms for a long minute . |
| 20 | He held me in his arms for a long time , kissing me gently . |
| 21 | Radioactive elements remain in our bodies for a long time . |
| 22 | You 've had that pain under your ribs for a long time . |
| 23 | We 're just saying what 's been on our minds for a long time . ’ |