Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Katherine sat silently for a long moment , her eyes growing perceptibly wider , the colour draining from her cheeks . |
| 2 | Martha stood patiently for a long time while her mother tried one dress after another on her , hoping to find a colour that made her skin seem paler and a cut that disguised her skeletal proportions . |
| 3 | Whether that would have been , at that time , for the benefit of the mass of the Chinese people we 're talking about erm I do n't think I , I rather think that the er turn that Mao took probably in the long run , in the long term , was to the benefit of the mass of people erm the peasantry , the workers in China because I think the alternative would have been erm international exploitation . |
| 4 | The final allied victory against Japan came only after a long and costly struggle . |
| 5 | At the end of September Violet came home for a long weekend and Perdita was so bloody-minded that in despair Daisy escaped to Harvest Festival for an hour of peace . |
| 6 | King Edward VII and his Consort , Alexandra , were able to influence international events , particularly in Europe , which continued to be the predominant continent and Britain looked forward to a long period of peaceful influence . |
| 7 | Notts went ahead when Mike Simpson volleyed home after a long throw-in . |
| 8 | Many people with HIV stay well for a long time and you would never know they had the virus . |
| 9 | " I 'm sorry , " Patrick said eventually into the long silence which followed . |
| 10 | Ingram looked doubtfully at the long table , rocking up and down like a lugger in a gale . |
| 11 | Hayman thought deeply for a long while before making up his mind . |
| 12 | Bodie and Ray Doyle sat casually behind the long table that faced the Coroner 's desk itself . |
| 13 | Supertop ran well for a long way in the season 's opener at Doncaster . |
| 14 | When Sombro comes home after a long excursion , he 's usually very thin , in poor shape and a bit battered and bruised . |