Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While researching my article , I was given a long briefing at Falkland House in London , by a Falkland Islands councillor nominated by the Islands ' London representative . |
| 2 | I was taking a long time ! |
| 3 | Ooh I was taken a long time ago . |
| 4 | There I was to have a long conversation with young Middleton , to whom I took a great shine , and was very impressed with him as a person and indeed his crew . |
| 5 | I was wondering a long time . |
| 6 | She was wearing a long dress , torn and wet , with a tight bodice … |
| 7 | She was taking a long time to come to the attempt on Marek 's life that morning . |
| 8 | At about ten-thirty when she was running a long bath , Emma knocked on the door . |
| 9 | Things had not gone too smoothly in hospital and it was taking a long time to recover . |
| 10 | It was decided a long time ago and the waiting is over . ’ |
| 11 | She might say ‘ no' ’ even if it was planned a long time . |
| 12 | ‘ I knew it was going a long way , I was so pumped . |
| 13 | Taking his troubles to his doctor , he was given a long prescription , which he presented to the chemist without first reading it . |
| 14 | You may not recall that , when Edgar Oldroyd asked him how he was enjoying a long spell bowling into the wind , he answered , ‘ It 's like bowling up t'bloody cellar steps . ’ |
| 15 | He was holding a long canvas bag and a cardboard box . |
| 16 | She had done another paragraph before it occurred to her that he was taking a long time in Georgina 's office . |
| 17 | I saw long legs and a big pair of hands and he was standing a long way from the ball , giving himself plenty of room . |