Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [prep] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words arrived on a long feather of smoke . |
| 2 | The Institute of Economic Affairs had for a long time been polemicising against the extension of state activity on the grounds that it restricted choice , led to dependency and reduced the motivation to work , and fostered economic inefficiency in comparison with ‘ private enterprise ’ . |
| 3 | Taxis waited in a long queue to ferry them away , while others struggled up the stairs with cases or bags , determined to make their way by other means . |
| 4 | Folk myths and wisdoms survived for a long time . |
| 5 | The two young men sat on a long seat under the shadow of a tall tree . |
| 6 | Peonies and the smaller varieties of shrubs grew in a long border , stuffed with other treasures and backed by apple trees , grown espalier . |