Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cots were disposed to form a long seat along one side of the coach , the remaining floor space being clear . |
| 2 | You were supposed to do a long build-up . |
| 3 | They were happy to wait a long time for their meals because they could look at her . |
| 4 | At our next meeting we were able to have a long chat , I found very frank and easy to talk to and felt very much that a two way supportive relationship developed quite quickly , as opposed to supporter-supportee ( does this word exist ? ) . is now 14 months old and we have contrived to get together on a regular basis . |
| 5 | Apart from the track itself the forest had been partially felled for about twenty feet on either side so that except where the road wound sharply it was possible to see a long way ahead . |
| 6 | He was prepared to wait a long time to gain the king 's good will , and meanwhile to support the king in his enterprises . |
| 7 | Her mother handed her a glass of white wine , so generously filled that Kate was obliged to take a long sip before it was safe to put it down on the small table by the side of the chair . |
| 8 | She was unsurprised to find a long silk bathrobe neither masculine nor feminine hanging on the back of the door . |
| 9 | Thus a miner who slipped from the worn and greasy rungs was liable to fall a long way and a dropped tool could clatter its way down to cause death or injury to some fellow below . |