Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [adv] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Mum and Dad who 'd known vaguely for a long time that Conor liked holding parties were suddenly being told over cups of tea and Hobnobs about vast acid house raves in the middle of fields , about police chases across whole counties , about an entire organisation that Conor had run ( Conor had run an organisation ? ) , which could call a party and have 5,000 people turning up at £20 a ticket within 48 hours . |
| 2 | He coveted the throne and had done so for a long time . |
| 3 | They had gone on for a long distance , before arriving at a door in a long , anonymous wall ; the letter bearer , a gloomily serious young man with eyebrows which met across his brow , maintaining a severe silence throughout the journey . |
| 4 | This race came only two months after he had run well for a long way when leading the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury and Gaselee told me , ‘ He appeared to love the Newbury race and we were delighted with his performance at that time . ’ |
| 5 | The first was occupied by Miss Trimby , the last of a family that had lived there for a long time whilst her neighbours were Mr. & Mrs. Collins with their middle-aged bachelor son . |
| 6 | They had lived together for a long time , but the sister was now reaching the conclusion that the situation could not continue much longer : |
| 7 | They stood clasped together for a long time , then he bent his head and kissed her , softly at first , then with such increasing passion that she could feel his heart beating like a drum . |