Example sentences of "came [adv] [prep] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He came in with a long stride , with head erect , and calm authoritative eyes .
2 At the end of September Violet came home for a long weekend and Perdita was so bloody-minded that in despair Daisy escaped to Harvest Festival for an hour of peace .
3 That 's something that did n't happen when I came home after a long day at work .
4 One day , their father Mr Earnshaw came back from a long journey .
5 Then , as some car in the street outside her hotel coughed and choked and backfired , Fabia abruptly came out of the long reverie she had fallen into , and back to the present , to realise that it was Monday morning — did she think she was going to sit there in bed all day ?
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