Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb past] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , he has not honoured the spirit of the words that he used in Committee , where we engaged in a long debate about the value of the assets and the effect on the workers . |
| 2 | His interest and concern calmed me and sitting in his study at the back of the church I felt more at peace than I had in a long time . |
| 3 | She felt more alive than she had for a long time . |
| 4 | He felt happier than he had for a long time . |
| 5 | And he went on his way with the youngest brother until they came to a long glade in the forest . |
| 6 | No school-children so far , but I can hear the first faint scrapes and slushing of householders beginning to clean their pavements , and the sound is strange and hard to recognise in the almost silent air , seeming as if it came from a long distance , a country sound in the wrong place . |
| 7 | Yet there can be no room for complacency after shock home defeats by Watford and Barnsley defeats that were all the more disappointing because they came after a long unbeaten home run . |
| 8 | So with all this in mind , as I sat in a long queue of airmen for the preliminary examination , I was thankful . |
| 9 | As she hurried down a long corridor , her mind groped backwards over the events of the previous night . |
| 10 | I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street . |