Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doreen gazed up into Silas 's face , her expression soulful , before she turned slowly to favour Lucy with a long and penetrating stare . |
| 2 | He always found room for a long line of sweet peas ; it gave him immense pleasure to pick an armful of these , take them home , present them to Mum and fill the house with their glorious scent . |
| 3 | A wall that has been damp will often contain moisture for a long time after the cause has been remedied , so it is better to allow the walls to dry out naturally , although anti-damp paint could be used to allow the room to be decorated before the wall has dried out . |
| 4 | Certain quality developments will have little or no cost saving effect but will improve patient safety — for example , the preferential use , wherever possible , of well tried drugs with a long safety record . |
| 5 | Taken in connection with the fact that Liverpool is the greatest seaport in the world , that one alone should remain a disorganised prey to designing knaves is one of the strange and unaccountable anomalies which frequently escape notice for a long time but only to be ultimately felt with greater force and overcome with greater resolution " . |
| 6 | Then linking trills as a long confident run |