Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's something that did n't happen when I came home after a long day at work . |
| 2 | I lay back in the long chair . |
| 3 | I did n't for a long time , I was only interested in whether I liked you . |
| 4 | I sat down in the long grass , puzzled to understand my weakness . |
| 5 | Nobody passed by for a long time , and he could just hear the faint music in the distance . |
| 6 | She made off along a long marble-floored corridor . |
| 7 | ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear . |
| 8 | Sandra Peden , her that works in the Co-operative she 's a Gold Medallist in Elocution you know , well wait till I tell you she came on in a long Laura Ashley nightdress carrying a Wee Willie Winkie candlestick with wee pink bedsocks and a matching pompom hat and did Holy Willie 's Prayer . |
| 9 | It was thus the internal policies of the United States that determined to a great extent who among the indebted nations won and who lost out in the long debt crisis of the 1980s ( Wellons , 1987 ) . |
| 10 | She looked over at the long table . |
| 11 | I prefer the consistent VIKING ROCKET , who ran well for a long way behind Captain Dibble in the Scottish National at Ayr . |
| 12 | She stayed there for a long time . |
| 13 | She stood there for a long time , thinking the whole thing out . |
| 14 | She sat there for a long time rocking backwards and forwards and giving herself up to howling , letting her gasps for breath shake her to pieces and leave her shuddering . |
| 15 | Yeah , and we lived there for a long time did n't you , you stayed in that house for a long , long time |
| 16 | Later we stretched out on the long benches of the White Horse Farm , comparing our bruises and recounting our 30-mile epic . |
| 17 | On my first visit , we sat together for a long time , talking of this and that . |
| 18 | They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too . |
| 19 | He said , ‘ Remember the peasant dance where they came out in the long , hooped skirts and you ca n't see their feet ? |
| 20 | They turned abruptly into the long gardens of the Inner Temple , fenced off from sightseers . |
| 21 | She tugged at Sadie 's sleeve and they walked on down the long aisle of the hall . |
| 22 | They settled down for a long siege and so did the outside world . |
| 23 | They went on over a long period and affected many children who had been entrusted to the defendants for care and help . |
| 24 | She went up to the bedroom to see Anna and they spoke together for a long time . ’ |
| 25 | Less than a mile to go as they pinged over the three obstacles set close together at the far end of the back straight , and Mill House was ail of three lengths ahead : as they stretched out round the long sweeping turn towards the Pond Fence , the third from home , it really seemed as if he was at last going to take his revenge on Arkle . |
| 26 | They sat there for a long time , drinking their milk , gazing out at the grey drizzle while the Bārakotes told them stories about their home in the south , about the brightly coloured saris that the women wear , about the bazaars , and all the shops and stalls with beads and bangles , oranges , lemons , spices , chilli . |
| 27 | An energy policy was , however , not surprisingly not quickly agreed ; it passed only after a long and bitter struggle that extended through most of Carter 's term of office and the package of measures finally agreed was inevitably different and weaker than the one the White House had originally requested . |
| 28 | Angel 's fingers drummed angrily on the steering wheel as he gazed moodily at the long , straight road ahead of them . |
| 29 | Two minutes after the interval he darted on to a long through ball and scored with a low shot . |
| 30 | He came in with a long stride , with head erect , and calm authoritative eyes . |