Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.

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1 no it 's not addressing the issue but I said in the longer term that could be one of the options
2 I had not realized how close they had been but she grieved for a long while for the grandmother to whom she had felt close and in whom she had found it easy to confide .
3 But we went for a long walk and Ally started talking about his work in a way I had n't heard before .
4 Soapy moved on , but he walked for a long time before he tried again .
5 It sounded utterly preposterous but it led to a longer silence .
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