Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 31 | He is a great example to anyone who has a setback and it is marvellous to hear how he has put adversity behind him as he sets out on the long slog round the tough pro circuit once again . |
| 32 | ‘ It dragged on for a long time afterwards . |
| 33 | He launched out on a long story . |
| 34 | Oh , certainly , yes , yes , and and it carried on for a long time afterwards , and and I think is is still used in some selection processes . |
| 35 | He was a scholar and for many years studied to learn the ways of dragons ; he was proud but not stupid , and he learned all that the books could teach him , and then he set off on a long journey and captured two baby dragons and brought them home as pets . |
| 36 | He set off on a long rambling account of something that had happened in the bar that afternoon . |
| 37 | Two of us set off up the long path from Aberarder at the mind-bogglingly stupid time of 11.30 a.m . |