Example sentences of "she [adv] [prep] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at her thoughtfully for a long moment before nodding . |
| 2 | She knew only , as they made their slow way along the beach back to the town , that she felt exhausted but peaceful , even momentarily carefree , as if she had shed burdens that had been weighing her down for a long time . |
| 3 | They had photographed her sitting on a kitchen stool in a white passage , with her back against a long stretch of wall , like someone at a dance . |
| 4 | He watched her closely for a long time but there was no further flicker of consciousness . |
| 5 | He studied her minutely for a long time until she felt his eyes had bored into her very skull . |