Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [prep] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Party now needed to come up with a longer term programme of how to pave the way towards socialism in China as a whole , paying particular attention to the different economic situation in the south which could indeed significantly influence their future strategy . |
| 2 | He came in with a long stride , with head erect , and calm authoritative eyes . |
| 3 | One day , their father Mr Earnshaw came back from a long journey . |
| 4 | Then , as some car in the street outside her hotel coughed and choked and backfired , Fabia abruptly came out of the long reverie she had fallen into , and back to the present , to realise that it was Monday morning — did she think she was going to sit there in bed all day ? |
| 5 | It was like the sun coming out after a long time of darkness . |
| 6 | After a long time I heard him get up and come over to the long wall , near to where I was sitting listlessly in the arm-chair . |
| 7 | so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time . |
| 8 | It 's like people sometimes have problems when they come out after a long stay in hospital — or the same sort of thing anyway . |
| 9 | When sh , Sarah comes in with a long skirt on he , he goes up |
| 10 | I mean you 've got to try and keep yourself afloat , and then even that 's not going to help you , if nobody comes along and picks you up either , so I mean that But I mean I I did n't Oh well I Suppose I could say I gave up hope a few times but obviously if you s The struggle to survive comes through in the long run , and I mean it 's it 's not easy to give up hope , |