Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now I must pack up and take the road ; you 'll be keeping me company on a long night march , although I know you 're asleep in our nice warm bed … |
| 2 | ‘ Sir , we have been seeking his permission for a long time ; he will not give it . |
| 3 | Her right hand tingled to smack his arrogant face , but she remembered her drama coach 's advice , consciously releasing her tension in a long , draining breath ; then she said as clearly and cuttingly as she could , ‘ Whatever has Peter done to deserve a rat like you for a brother ? |
| 4 | A hideous , distorted , emaciated maniac without knowledge , without patriotism , without natural affection , spending his life in a long routine of useless and atrocious self-torture , and quailing before the ghastly phantoms of his delirious brain had become the ideal of the nations which had known the writings of Plato and Cicero , and the lives of Socrates and Cato . |
| 5 | He is an evolved and voracious hunter , scenting his prey with a long , pink , forked tongue which flickers over the ground like a flame . |
| 6 | Under Criminal Justice Act 1991 the position of an offender who commits an offence following his release from a long sentence such as the 15 years which the appellant had received in 1981 will be very different . |