Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] on [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They went on over a long period and affected many children who had been entrusted to the defendants for care and help . |
| 3 | Two minutes after the interval he darted on to a long through ball and scored with a low shot . |
| 4 | and I thought to myself that blooming cat 's after them and er it kept on for a long time and then , so I opened the window and looked out a big black cat was here where 's the big black cat coming from ? |
| 5 | He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right . |
| 6 | ‘ I was going to propose to you properly that weekend , ’ he went on after a long , blissful interval . |
| 7 | It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says . |
| 8 | ‘ It dragged on for a long time afterwards . |
| 9 | Oh , certainly , yes , yes , and and it carried on for a long time afterwards , and and I think is is still used in some selection processes . |