Example sentences of "were [verb] [prep] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blocks were placed in a long tray which was just wide enough to accommodate them and the tray was then subjected to a series of sharp shocks , very similar to the succussion process . |
| 2 | Eight miles later , when they were coasting down a long hill , the engine spluttered . |
| 3 | Well were going for a long weekend , like the Bank Holiday weekend . |
| 4 | They had arrived outside and her cases were deposited in a long silver car that Jenna thought must be a foreign make , probably Italian . |
| 5 | It seemed as if it were coming from a long distance and he waited for a moment , and the moment went into a full minute , and then slowly he opened the door . |
| 6 | The Tynedale Fenwicks and the Liddesdale Elliots were involved for a long time in a savage , unyielding feud ; and the Armstrongs , among their many clashes , quarrelled simultaneously with the Scottish Turnbulls and Johnstones and with the English Bells , while the Bells were also feuding with the English Grahams . |
| 7 | Wheat was cut with a toothed sickle and bound by hand , barley and oats were cut with a long scythe and cradle and bound by hand . |
| 8 | Christmas puddings , jars of mincemeat , bunches of holly , fruit , nuts , table-mats , serviette-rings and dozens of other useful little articles they had made carefully and patiently were spread over a long trestle table in the hall . |
| 9 | ‘ You were talking for a long time , ’ she said . |
| 10 | We were playing for a long time before we ever had a deal , and when we eventually got signed by a big company , they pretty much took us for what we were . |
| 11 | As lithium salts were not amenable to being patented , they did not attract the attention of the drug industry : also they had a bad reputation for their toxic effects , and so Cade 's findings were neglected for a long time . |
| 12 | Doubts about his motivation were expressed during a long absence through injury last season , and Jarvis claims : ‘ It was pretty obvious that some people thought there was n't really much wrong with me . |