Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [prep] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He came in with a long stride , with head erect , and calm authoritative eyes .
2 One day , their father Mr Earnshaw came back from a long journey .
3 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 ?
4 It was like the sun coming out after a long time of darkness .
5 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 .
6 so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time .
7 It 's like people sometimes have problems when they come out after a long stay in hospital — or the same sort of thing anyway .
8 When sh , Sarah comes in with a long skirt on he , he goes up
9 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 ,
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