Example sentences of "they [verb] [prep] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the feet do not stretch and point in the way we still care about in the West , the dancers do not just move from position to position ; they dance in a long poem of fluently musical movement that is classical ballet 's chief claim to fame . |
| 2 | They sit in a long line in York , yeah ? |
| 3 | Do they survive for a long time ? |
| 4 | And he went on his way with the youngest brother until they came to a long glade in the forest . |
| 5 | They walked down a long corridor with heavy doors on both sides . |
| 6 | They kissed for a long time , and indeed there was still longing there , in both of them , a kind of hopeless longing . |
| 7 | But then again there have n't really been any bands that have said what they felt in a long time . ’ |
| 8 | They went up a long hill and came to an imposing arched entrance . |
| 9 | Officials from the leading Ulster team have voiced their opinion in the past that there should be some of form seeding for the preliminary round , and now it has raised its head again as they prepare for a long trip south on November 6 . |
| 10 | Especially when they come from a long way , away . |
| 11 | There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn . |
| 12 | They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone . |
| 13 | They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore . |
| 14 | They sat for a long time on brown plastic seats in a white corridor . |