Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only one Valence had returned , to die slowly of poisons he had absorbed during the long march . |
| 2 | He was about to leave the foundry and continue his journey when an apprentice came rushing in with the loveliest girl he had seen in a long while , and his heart seemed to stop . |
| 3 | At first he felt more relaxed than he had done for a long time . |
| 4 | He had known for a long time , but had refused to admit it to himself . |
| 5 | at last the confirmation of something he had known for a long time . |
| 6 | Despite the fact that he had come from a long line of soldier forebears , even the combination of breeding , upbringing and training no longer made it easy for him to bear the tedium of army life with good grace . |
| 7 | The game was being played at furious pace and it was Richardson who was put to the test when he dived to turn round a long drive from Darlington in the thirty eighth minute . |