Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv] [prep] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People were going round with long faces looking glum right until Christmas Eve . |
| 2 | Vincent Hickey , 38 , was moved out of Long Lartin top security jail last weekend after he was found bleeding from razor slash injuries , but is now refusing food at Birmingham 's Winson Green jail . |
| 3 | Their skin was stretched out between long spines , which seems to have acted as a cooling radiator . |
| 4 | The compromise list was put together after long hours of high drama when Mr Pozsgay , a minister of state and the leading reformer , and two of his close allies threatened to walk out . |
| 5 | The regard was held again after long discontinuance : presentments were enrolled , as in medieval times , for production at the Forest Eyre . |