Example sentences of "and [vb past] [prep] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She closed her eyes again , tossed and turned for a long time , then finally managed to get a couple of hours of disturbed sleep . |
| 2 | In a few hours I felt reborn and replete with new powers , washed clean and cured of a long sickness , finally ready to enter life with joy and vigour ; equally cured was suddenly the world around me , and exorcised the name and face of the woman who had gone down into the lower depths with me and had not returned . |
| 3 | They stayed on the hill and talked for a long time . |
| 4 | On reaching the top of the hill , Tess paused and looked for a long time at the familiar green world of home . |
| 5 | The moment she hit one of the papers , she braked and went into a long skid , sliding right across the kitchen floor to the other wall , which she thumped into , still standing on her ‘ magic carpet ’ . |
| 6 | Through the gate and over the lumpy ground , and she opened the door and went into a long drill hall with a clacking wooden floor . |
| 7 | I put on my coat and went for a long walk on the moor . |
| 8 | Henry passed her some thin , crustless brown bread and butter and listened to a long story about fox-hunting . |
| 9 | It stayed there and grew for a long time , until it was a real baby . |
| 10 | The local children used to play in the cutting and had for a long time fancied the hut as a den or HQ for their games , but the hut was always locked by a large padlock securing a hasp that was red with rust but still secured the door . |
| 11 | Its exceptionally shaggy coat , almost yak-like , covers its face as well as its body , and becomes matted and felted after a long winter . |
| 12 | Bigwig jumped down from the bank into the field and ran in a long curve across the wet grass . |
| 13 | She asked for the secretary and launched on a long story about phoning from a restaurant where a pair of leather gloves had been found apparently left by the lady with Mr Johnston whom one of the waiters had remembered seeing at the sports club . |
| 14 | This brought one of Neil 's cracks of laughter and the comment , ‘ A wily gent , I see , ’ and then silence took over again , and lasted for a long time , until the front door opened , and Matey returned from the sewing circle at St Jude 's Church Hall , and stared at them , sitting there in the dusk , hunched over the board , rapt . |
| 15 | Charles collapsed like a glove puppet with the hand withdrawn , and stood for a long moment , sagging . |
| 16 | She had risen from her deep curtsey , and stood for a long moment gazing steadily into his face . |
| 17 | When Martha had gone as well , Tim picked up the whisky he had poured earlier and stood for a long time in the hallway . |
| 18 | She went up to her room , put the Diary in her drawer and stood for a long time , breathing on the window and drawing faces . |
| 19 | She walked one last time down the rickety boardwalk in front of the cabins , and stood for a long time looking down at the sleeping lodge , the moody lake beyond it . |
| 20 | Alice went to a cafe in Finchley Road , and sat for a long time quietly by herself over strong coffee . |