Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been one of them once , but suddenly she had gone a long way away . |
| 2 | But perhaps you 've got a long drive ahead , ’ he said , not so much hesitantly as enquiringly . |
| 3 | ‘ He liked the song so much he wanted to have a long version of it , ’ claimed Moroder , ‘ and that 's when I did the 17-minute one . |
| 4 | On the whole , she decided , being a rat was more chic , but nevertheless she determined to write a long earnest article soon on some subject of profound importance in which she would make a significant contribution to the sum of human awareness . |
| 5 | Exactly you have to think a long time . |
| 6 | Minutes later they had joined the long cordon of armed men , strung out at five yard intervals on the grass verge opposite the woods , from which the sounds of gunfire , explosions , whistle blowing and yelling were now appreciably closer . |
| 7 | If anyone found out and if Alain was angry she would fight it out later , but for now she had come a long way , she was tired , disappointed , and nobody was going to stop her from staying here . |
| 8 | June welcomed Kay Evans and thanked her for sparing time once again to attend our training day ; also Rita Quick who had made the long journey south from Newcastle to assist with the training . |
| 9 | Oh every year , oh well we 've got a long time to keep it going , within about the first , within about the first month daddy managed to get the iron on the top |
| 10 | Well he 's got a long wait . |
| 11 | what 's it called ca n't think of the name of the blooming thing now but it was you did a line across , then you learn to do a long stitch |
| 12 | The red chair where I sit has a long seat , comfortable for a tall person . |
| 13 | Certainly we have gone a long way to improve the ‘ traditional ’ British Rail sandwich . ’ |