Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a long [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | The parlour had come on a long way since I was a boy . |
2 | But she , you know , it was built for a long time before she got anything in it . |
3 | No , she actually just , I have n't seen for a long time so she can have one of these . |
4 | Their gaze locked for a long moment as he pulled the towel from his neck and flung it over a rail , then , suddenly embarrassed , she looked away . |
5 | It seemed to Tallis that she had smouldered for a long time before finally the fire had taken hold . |
6 | In the countryside , life must have continued for a long time as it always had done . |
7 | But I discard that idea , for the water is too shallow over the sand and once a fish is hooked the fishing would be finished for a long time while the rest of the shoal got over the scare . |
8 | It has to be cooked for a long time because of its size , but it will still be pink in the middle and have a succulence to it . |
9 | This very high degree of risk has been maintained for a long time as many studies over the past thirty years have shown . |