Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ After seeing the PM you took a long leave and then came back .
2 Just to be on the safe side we had a long rope attached to the raft and tied round a tree on the bank so that if the Indians lost control the rope would pull it to a stop .
3 In the upstairs passage she opened the long case clock , knowing very well it was broken , that the weights had not descended for years and the hands remained at twenty to one .
4 Some pact they made a long time ago . ’
5 And this morning I had a long talk with my mother . ’
6 I well remember our first night with the aid of father-in-law we spent a long day moving ourselves in .
7 At any rate it took a long time to synthesize .
8 When he had vanished from sight she expelled a long sigh and allowed the mask to slip away from her face , slowing returning to her towel and lying down flat on it .
9 I thought that was a lesson we learnt a long time ago ! ’
10 In his right hand he carried a long machete , but it was the crazed look in his eyes that really shook the young policeman .
11 Educated privately at her homes at Parkwern and Hendrefoilan she inherited a long family tradition of unorthodox and innovative ideas .
12 He wanted to call her ‘ Mam ’ , the way he had a long time ago , but she said it made her feel middle-aged and dull and ordinary , so he must never say it again , especially when other people were around .
13 Some of them you remember the table we had a long time ago showing the reactivity of different elements , particularly the metals when we were looking at metals .
14 Part of the lease Arthur signed guaranteed him his brewing water free of tax or pipe money , and in this regard he had a long standing feud with the city authorities which lasted over twenty years .
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