Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [pers pn] [vb past] a long " in BNC.
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1 | Back in the cottage she took a long , hot bath , but the water failed to ease the tension in her body , even though she lay there for what seemed like an eternity , trying to will away the effects of the afternoon . |
2 | ‘ After seeing the PM you took a long leave and then came back . |
3 | When she went shopping to the town she wore a long , voluminous , dark-grey cloak of which she was very proud . |
4 | He wanted to call her ‘ Mam ’ , the way he had a long time ago , but she said it made her feel middle-aged and dull and ordinary , so he must never say it again , especially when other people were around . |
5 | Some of them you remember the table we had a long time ago showing the reactivity of different elements , particularly the metals when we were looking at metals . |
6 | I thought that was a lesson we learnt a long time ago ! ’ |