Example sentences of "[adv] after [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the last thing she had expected was that John would take advantage of it , especially after so long an absence from her , and even more especially after the crisis they had endured and survived together these months past . |
| 2 | I could n't leave her , not after so long finding her . |
| 3 | Yeah and they have them there see and like after so long they come out and sell them . |
| 4 | Difficult though it was to come back after so long a lay-off , she was the runner-up in the Yorkshire Championship both in 1950 and in 1953 . |
| 5 | ‘ He has shown a lot of guts to get back after so long . |
| 6 | It was strange walking out after so long . |
| 7 | Both of them ( for different reasons ) were anxious about seeming to exclude the rest of the household , each of them still ( even after so long ) unsure of her claims on the other . |
| 8 | But do you seriously expect the same people to be there after so long ? |
| 9 | Those years apart did something to us as a family — it was hard to adjust to one another again after so long apart . |
| 10 | Definitely not the surprise and pleasure he would have shown at seeing Cameron again after so long . |
| 11 | And I had a funny thought — I suppose part of the excitement of getting out again after so long , all that oxygen — ; here , this is silly , you 'll laugh at this . |