Example sentences of "was [adv prt] [prep] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clare was told she was in for a long stay in bed , and Mother moved in a divan to sleep next to her . |
| 2 | that may mean that we meet a demoralized norwich team away on saturday — or — that they got boosted by their fine performance — ekoku was back after a long time injury for norwich . |
| 3 | The short pole was now out of the question so it was out on the long pole . |
| 4 | He strode past the lines of guards and attendants , nodded to the pair of officers who lounged at their ease in the shadow of the enormous length of midnight-blue fabric which hung suspended from the ceiling in lieu of a screen , and slackened his pace only when he was out in the long gallery which ran supported around the entire upper floor . |
| 5 | For our purposes what matters is that RNA , or something like it , was around for a long time before it became self-replicating . |