Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pers pn] [vb past] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I well remember our first night with the aid of father-in-law we spent a long day moving ourselves in . |
| 2 | When I returned to Moose Jaw about mid-August I had a long talk with Fred Workman , who told me he had noticed a certain restlessness in me as if I were hoping for a change of scene . |
| 3 | With guidance she picked a long , beaded dress with a side split and see-through sleeves , which she wore to a special anniversary dinner . |
| 4 | In August we had a long weekend in the Lakes , with Rob , Joyce & Ewan which went well , & also a week in Telford with Richard which we thoroughly enjoyed . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I was so impressed by this young man that immediately on my return to Vancouver I wrote a long and detailed letter to my parliamentary friend at the House of Commons in Ottawa , A.M. ‘ Sandy ’ Nicholson , M.P. , urging more federal action for the case of the Indian . |
| 7 | He had a taxi waiting , and on arrival we found a long cloth-draped table in the centre of the room , around which were seated what seemed to be the entire Chinese population of the city — some 30 Chinese , mainly from laundries and restaurants . |