Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wind and rain beat down on me , and I fell down several times , but finally I arrived at a long , low house , standing rather isolated in the middle of the moor . |
| 2 | There she stood for a long time , gazing out to sea , her heart full of sadness and her eyes full of tears . |
| 3 | At least we did for the longer |
| 4 | There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn . |
| 5 | ‘ And that 's how it stayed for a long , long time . |
| 6 | The pavement had been much repaired , and it was difficult to synchronise his steps so that the middle of each foot fell exactly on the cracks between the paving stones , but with some concentration and a few judicious half-steps he managed it ; then he came to a long blue-grey line of asphalt where a pipe had obviously been repaired , and walked along that instead free from the worry of the paving stones between the cracks . |
| 7 | It had to first of all survive which is why it went on the long march was n't it ? |
| 8 | Admittedly nerves were strained to breaking point and great passions aroused , yet what mattered in the longer run was the extent to which it caused the British to decide to draw even closer to the United States . |
| 9 | Afterwards I sat for a long time trying to reconcile myself to these new ideas . |