Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [noun] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although I played lead for a long time in the group I never cite lead players like Clapton or Beck . |
| 2 | Both may be guessing , although the Encomiast is reasonably well-informed on the campaigns late in Æthelred II's reign , and William 's report of mixed methods need not be far wrong , even if it is a guess ; the armies which troubled England over the long period between c.985 and 1016 do often seem to have comprised the warbands of a number of men , are unlikely to have been organised and commanded solely by Danish kings , did not consist entirely of Danes , and frequently appear to have been motivated mainly by a desire for booty . |
| 3 | By the death , at the age of 66 , of Mr. Philip Henry Thomas which took place after a long illness , on Saturday the 18th instant , at his residence at 13 Rusham Road , Battersea loses a citizen who has been active for 40 years in championing the cause of Liberalism in this borough … . |
| 4 | In 1563 one Hoppringle had been set upon and murdered in his house by a joint force of Armstrongs and Elliots , which gave rise to a long Border feud . |
| 5 | We climbed Storskarfjell on a long and hard day that started before the sun came up and finished long after it had gone down . |
| 6 | Above them , something gave way with a long , rending metallic screech . |
| 7 | But as they approached Kingsbere after a long and tiring day 's journey , a man came to tell them there were no rooms available . |
| 8 | Next came Cooder 's first real involvement with film-work ; over the next two or three years he produced soundtracks for The Long Riders , Southern Comfort and The Border . |
| 9 | I do n't know what good it did David in the long run because what it did was cost a lot of money . |
| 10 | Earlier in his life he had problems with the long thin lakes forming a strong dividing and horizontal midground ; this gave an unhappy prominence to the foreground . |