Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [prep] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games . |
| 2 | His crisis is precipitated by word of his transfer to another school ; he staggers towards resigning from the school he 's at , and maybe from the profession , and then bunks off for a long afternoon 's superlager , home-brew and whisky with his brother , who is on the dole , and two of his brother 's mates . |
| 3 | No water flows from the sprinklers here , and clearly has n't for a long time . |
| 4 | She lies there for a long time , not saying nothing . |
| 5 | Transmission often succeeds only after a long incubation period , which decreases substantially after serial passaging . |
| 6 | Immediately beyond , a short lane leads up to a long terrace of cottages built to house the workers of the Millthrop woollen mill nearby across the river , and looking rather forlorn and out of place since their source of employment was destroyed by fire many years ago . |
| 7 | ‘ Hangs about for a long time , that smell . ’ |
| 8 | With a solar-type star , however , the temperature rises to ten million degrees or so , and nuclear reactions are triggered off , so that the star settles down to a long period of stable existence . |
| 9 | When sh , Sarah comes in with a long skirt on he , he goes up |
| 10 | When Sombro comes home after a long excursion , he 's usually very thin , in poor shape and a bit battered and bruised . |