Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] in a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have n't seen you so passionate in a long time . |
| 2 | He had not felt so good in a long time . |
| 3 | Clinton was there wrapped in a military cloak and Dacourt , looking rather ridiculous in a long night gown , stood near Vulcan 's stable . |
| 4 | This would be equally true in a long tunnel , and in the giant 's beard was long , and in how long is the interval ? , where of course the referential loci of long are the entities corresponding to tunnel , beard , and interval respectively . |
| 5 | This case is the most recent in a long line of cases involving the question whether , if the paper owner has no present use for the land , there can be any possession " adverse " to his rights . |
| 6 | A ring at the doorbell announced the late arrival of Jacqui , blonde again and resplendently pregnant in a long red and white flowered dress . |