Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] in a long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The last two sets were probably the best two sets I played in a long time , ’ said Sampras , who became the youngest ever US Open champion at 19 three years ago .
2 He has words of praise for the RSNO Chorus , which he says has ‘ sounded better than I remember in a long time ’ in the initial rehearsals of a work new to all concerned .
3 His interest and concern calmed me and sitting in his study at the back of the church I felt more at peace than I had in a long time .
4 ‘ Better than I have in a long time . ’
5 So with all this in mind , as I sat in a long queue of airmen for the preliminary examination , I was thankful .
6 When his mouth engulfed her sex she held in a long breath .
7 One of the things that some chaps found amusing when they went to the " heads " ( the head is what the Navy calls the loo ) , you sat in a long row and a great flush of water ran right through a row of 20 or 30 .
8 Nevertheless , he has not honoured the spirit of the words that he used in Committee , where we engaged in a long debate about the value of the assets and the effect on the workers .
9 Although the feet do not stretch and point in the way we still care about in the West , the dancers do not just move from position to position ; they dance in a long poem of fluently musical movement that is classical ballet 's chief claim to fame .
10 They sit in a long line in York , yeah ?
11 But then again there have n't really been any bands that have said what they felt in a long time . ’
12 ‘ Not last night ; I heard him come in a long time after I went to bed .
13 He took in a long breath , held it and squeezed the handle of the cutters .
14 It comes in a long roll of 20m , and has a neat perforator which enables you to tear off a strip to the correct length .
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