Example sentences of "we [vb past] [prep] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I realised in this day and age that people are looking for something that wee bit different , and we found with the long spell of bad weather we 've had over the summer months that people want to stay inside , ’ explained Mr Nelson .
2 ‘ I think it might even be further away than we came on the Long Drive , ’ said Masklin quietly .
3 We drove for a long time .
4 But we went for a long walk and Ally started talking about his work in a way I had n't heard before .
5 We went down a long corridor to a door bearing a sign ‘ Latvia pilot operation ’ .
6 For Total , we progressed with a long term contract to modify the Alwyn North platform and the St. Fergus gas terminal .
7 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 .
8 I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street .
9 We travelled for a long time .
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