Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv] [prep] a long " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The door from the terrace led directly into a long , somewhat overfurnished salon , cool and dim after the heat and brightness outside , its deep window-sills shaded by closed shutters and crowded with knick-knacks . |
| 2 | People would not welcome a move from their home and if closure went ahead over a long period of time staff would inevitably leave . |
| 3 | Helen , with the baby only two weeks away , was very large indeed , but not too large for me to get my arms around her , and we stood there in the middle of the flagged floor clasped together for a long time with neither of us saying much . |
| 4 | The magazine in her hand plumed upwards in a long flame , belching smoke . |
| 5 | Ahead a ragged coastline stretched away to a long , low headland which jutted out into the sea , its level surface broken by the jagged stumps of two mine stacks . |
| 6 | ‘ It was so untimely , ’ the Commander said passionately after a long silence , ‘ so very untimely . ’ |