Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was treated like a long lost brother ! |
| 2 | I was relaxing for a long time . |
| 3 | Arguably he was known to Londoners less for his medical expertise than for his incredible eccentricity , which was exaggerated by a long beard , a predilection for extraordinary costume and his habit of riding about in the streets and Hyde Park on a white pony , which he sometimes painted all purple or , when the mood took him , purple with black spots . |
| 4 | The hammock , which was slung from a long pole carried on the shoulders of two men , was used for transporting the sick and infirm across rough country terrain and , in and around Funchal , for the rich and for the tourists who were carried through the dirty , and sometimes muddy , streets . |
| 5 | ‘ You were talking for a long time , ’ she said . |
| 6 | But in this warm and pleasant climate she was dressed in a long black dress which looked as though it had been made at the time of Heathcliff . |
| 7 | She was dressed in a long white robe of finely pleated linen , which was belted loosely at the waist . |
| 8 | She was imprisoned in a long silk gown , her face pale and rather beautiful , with dark circles around deep , exhausted eyes . |
| 9 | We were playing for a long time before we ever had a deal , and when we eventually got signed by a big company , they pretty much took us for what we were . |
| 10 | Eight miles later , when they were coasting down a long hill , the engine spluttered . |
| 11 | Maybe it was close behind them and they were embarking on a long exhausting journey all the way around the Waste to reach what was near at their backs . |
| 12 | It seemed as if it were coming from a long distance and he waited for a moment , and the moment went into a full minute , and then slowly he opened the door . |
| 13 | At Christchurch the original station was no more than a collection of sheds , but in 1877 it was replaced by a long Gothic structure — a rare example in the southern hemisphere — which looked like a succession of chapels at right angles to the platforms with a connecting range running between them . |
| 14 | Situated on the outskirts of Cullbridge , it was reached by a long drive edged by trees and shrubs . |
| 15 | It was to lead to a long period of self-confessed misery for her , including beatings by her tranquilliser-addicted mother and spells of being locked naked with her sister in cupboards . |
| 16 | It was not that what he said was startlingly new , for it was based on a long tradition , but his particular talent and novelty was that he managed to combine biblical exegesis with growing papal ideology , to induce the texts to mean something of relevance to his leadership of society . |
| 17 | But she , you know , it was built for a long time before she got anything in it . |
| 18 | It was clothed in a long striped garment resembling a priestly gown from which only the head , hands and feet were excluded . |
| 19 | It was thought for a long time that he was a Carthusian but there is no firm evidence for this . |
| 20 | He was screaming for a long time before he fell , and we could hear that he was running as he screamed . |
| 21 | In 1805 Jesty gave his evidence in London at the institute 's invitation , when he was presented with a long testimonial and pair of gold-mounted lancets . |
| 22 | He was dressed in a long flannel shirt edged with lace , with flounces all down the middle , and five or six more on either side of the chest , all sewn with wool , in accordance with an Act of Parliament which forbids the use of linen or cotton for this purpose . |
| 23 | He was dressed in a long blue robe which reached down to snow-flecked boots . |
| 24 | Here again he was alerted by a long tradition of Greek search for barbarian philosophers and seers . |
| 25 | He was clad in a long dark coat with a fur collar , and a scarf . |
| 26 | In fact he was subjected to a very stiff , puritanical and doctrinal regime , only mitigated by the fact that he was educated by a long sequence of tutors , and seemed to have access to a lot of books . |
| 27 | Torrijos seized power four years later , vowing to put an end to what was perceived as a long era of national humiliation . |