Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They fought with the long gate into Dobbs ' field and Tom checked that she was sheltered . |
| 2 | As they approached down the long corridor she could see George , the sacrificial dummy , slumped over the console : the bait for Forster 's trap . |
| 3 | And he went on his way with the youngest brother until they came to a long glade in the forest . |
| 4 | They walked down a long corridor with heavy doors on both sides . |
| 5 | They kissed for a long time , and indeed there was still longing there , in both of them , a kind of hopeless longing . |
| 6 | But then again there have n't really been any bands that have said what they felt in a long time . ’ |
| 7 | They went up a long hill and came to an imposing arched entrance . |
| 8 | When they complained of the long hours , Peckinpah had them fired . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone . |
| 11 | They stood at the long sash windows of his office and looked out across the building-site . |
| 12 | They hurried through the long arch , dodging between the workers who were making their way to London Bridge Station , and then quickly crossed St Thomas 's Street and hurried through the high , wide gates of Guy 's Hospital . |
| 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 . |