Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [verb] [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grandson Richard 's reply seemed to take a long time . |
| 2 | Rob 's group had to walk the long way round into the Jabri Nullah and was rewarded by several days of good skiing . |
| 3 | Even if men 's fashion has come a long way since the Sixties , the overwhelming inspiration , Cerruti concedes , is still the archetypal English businessman 's suit . |
| 4 | As a consequence , the last six years of Henry 's reign had witnessed a long and bitter power struggle between the conservatives led by Gardiner and Norfolk , and the evangelicals led by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer , Sir Anthony Denny , and the Seymour uncles of Prince Edward . |
| 5 | The weapon in Mr Cottle 's hand had become a long , loosely coiled spring , lit from within as though by moonlight . |
| 6 | The half-caste prostitute 's son had come a long way . |