Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] [art] long [noun] " 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	Finally , when she was fastening the long row of buttons on a classic dark blue creation , her mother came in , her lovely calm as untouched as ever , as though missing daughters suddenly returning were quite a normal thing .
8	She was taking a long time to come to the attempt on Marek 's life that morning .
9	At about ten-thirty when she was running a long bath , Emma knocked on the door .
10	Things had not gone too smoothly in hospital and it was taking a long time to recover .
11	It was decided a long time ago and the waiting is over . ’
12	She might say ‘ no' ’ even if it was planned a long time .
13	‘ I knew it was going a long way , I was so pumped .
14	Taking his troubles to his doctor , he was given a long prescription , which he presented to the chemist without first reading it .
15	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 . ’
16	He was holding a long canvas bag and a cardboard box .
17	She had done another paragraph before it occurred to her that he was taking a long time in Georgina 's office .
18	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 .
19	One of them was holding the longest pair of pliers Dorcas had ever seen .

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