Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too . |
| 2 | He said , ‘ Remember the peasant dance where they came out in the long , hooped skirts and you ca n't see their feet ? |
| 3 | They turned abruptly into the long gardens of the Inner Temple , fenced off from sightseers . |
| 4 | She tugged at Sadie 's sleeve and they walked on down the long aisle of the hall . |
| 5 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
| 6 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
| 7 | They settled down for a long siege and so did the outside world . |
| 8 | They went on over a long period and affected many children who had been entrusted to the defendants for care and help . |
| 9 | She went up to the bedroom to see Anna and they spoke together for a long time . ’ |
| 10 | It 's like people sometimes have problems when they come out after a long stay in hospital — or the same sort of thing anyway . |
| 11 | Less than a mile to go as they pinged over the three obstacles set close together at the far end of the back straight , and Mill House was ail of three lengths ahead : as they stretched out round the long sweeping turn towards the Pond Fence , the third from home , it really seemed as if he was at last going to take his revenge on Arkle . |
| 12 | They sat there for a long time , drinking their milk , gazing out at the grey drizzle while the Bārakotes told them stories about their home in the south , about the brightly coloured saris that the women wear , about the bazaars , and all the shops and stalls with beads and bangles , oranges , lemons , spices , chilli . |