Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As soon as my work here is finished ’ , he wrote to Constanze , ‘ I shall join you , for I intend to take a long rest in your arms ; and I shall really need it , for all this mental worry and all the rushing about in connection with it is really wearing me out … . ’ |
| 2 | The red chair where I sit has a long seat , comfortable for a tall person . |
| 3 | Someone needs to take a long hard look at what has happened to tennis in Ulster over the last 20 years . |
| 4 | But if I want to hear the long , late-night groove on side two , I have to play the album . |
| 5 | ‘ I stopped mourning a long time ago . ’ |
| 6 | I retraced my steps , by this time it was 7 pm and I 'd done a long walk and about 45 miles on the bike . |
| 7 | But I fancied feeling the long hard pressure of ocean waves against our hull and , though we were short-handed , I reckoned that a few days out of sight of land would shake us all down quickly . |
| 8 | I turn to take a long look down . |
| 9 | Which I think goes a long way . |
| 10 | Feel as if I had lived a long time and done very little . |
| 11 | The next day I had to wear a long Kamiz over my trousers and have a scarf covering my head — can you imagine going to school like that … |
| 12 | I had to wait a long time for an answer , and just before the door opened I nearly came sufficiently to my senses to run away , but sanity came too late . |
| 13 | I had to wait a long time shut in . |
| 14 | And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’ |
| 15 | Back in those hours I had remained a long time outside the door of North One , being filled by a sorrow so complete it overflowed , and I covered my ears not to hear any more . |
| 16 | I had to take a long , hard look at him before I was sure . |
| 17 | I had worked a long time on the script with Dalton Trumbo and we worked very hard getting the right cast . |
| 18 | I had come a long way ; and I could recognise the signs of travel in others . |
| 19 | I had spent a long day in the autumn bargaining with the previous owner over the furniture and carpets and ended up having bought most of it at a reasonable price . |
| 20 | I 've travelled a long way today . ’ |
| 21 | I 've lived a long life — a useful one too , I hope . |
| 22 | I 've waited a long while for this . ’ |
| 23 | An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this . |
| 24 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |
| 25 | I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’ |
| 26 | I 've waited a long time for this . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 've had a long day , Nora . |
| 28 | I 've had a long life and many blessings and you 've been one of the best . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've had a long chat with Vinnie , ’ said Kinnear . |
| 30 | Er but , you know , I , I 'd , as I say , I think er and then if we just , if we can just pick up like the odd I mean , I 've , I 've had a long chat with Anne , we 've had a long , erm meeting with Anne yesterday about it , and she 's gon na start pushing cos you know , she 's really done the Royal upstairs , it 's |