Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too . |
2 | In Levene v Pearcey [ 1976 ] Crim LR 63 , a taxi-driver falsely told his passenger that the route was blocked and charged more for the longer way . |
3 | We splashed and laughed and played together for a long time , sharing their delight at looking underwater through a diving mask for the first time . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | That 's something that did n't happen when I came home after a long day at work . |
6 | Helen , with the baby only two weeks away , was very large indeed , but not too large for me to get my arms around her , and we stood there in the middle of the flagged floor clasped together for a long time with neither of us saying much . |
7 | The cab drove steadily out of Brighton on the London Road , and then , at the summit of the Downs , turned left down a long lane . |
8 | President Vieira on Nov. 6 returned abruptly after a long period abroad , during which time he had received medical treatment and visited the United States and Taiwan . |
9 | The magazine in her hand plumed upwards in a long flame , belching smoke . |
10 | Ingram looked doubtfully at the long table , rocking up and down like a lugger in a gale . |
11 | It was a horrific crime and I hope the two thugs who did it can be apprehended and sent away for a long time . ’ |
12 | The courtyard was no longer floodlit but the moon was brilliant , filling the room with light , and Maggie slid from her bed and went quickly to the long window that led to the veranda . |
13 | Hayman thought deeply for a long while before making up his mind . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Helen asked me to explain what I meant , and listened carefully to the long story of what I had suffered at Gateshead . |
16 | Jules took a piece of pandoli and chewed contentedly on the long biscuit . |
17 | All went well on the long trip to the Jebel mountains and from there the intrepid raiding party set off for their target . |
18 | One night , later in their affair , O woke up in the middle of one of his long and noisy dreams and lay there for a long time looking at Boy 's face as he slept . |
19 | People would not welcome a move from their home and if closure went ahead over a long period of time staff would inevitably leave . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | It stopped for a moment , then went quietly into the long grass and disappeared for ever . |
22 | Many people claim that Frederick was imprisoned by the Turks , and that after his release he returned to Kaiserslautern and lived there for a long time . |
23 | Yeah , and we lived there for a long time did n't you , you stayed in that house for a long , long time |
24 | He did so after a long consultation with the Prime Minister . |
25 | She went up to the bedroom to see Anna and they spoke together for a long time . ’ |
26 | " I 'm sorry , " Patrick said eventually into the long silence which followed . |
27 | Supertop ran well for a long way in the season 's opener at Doncaster . |
28 | I prefer the consistent VIKING ROCKET , who ran well for a long way behind Captain Dibble in the Scottish National at Ayr . |
29 | ‘ It was so untimely , ’ the Commander said passionately after a long silence , ‘ so very untimely . ’ |
30 | And Mary as he had first seen her appeared before him again like an apparition as he slid slowly into a long sleep . |