Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were big baskets of flowers everywhere and waitresses were giving everyone sparkly drinks and asking them to sit at long tables in the dining room . |
| 2 | Now , when I read about Long John in Squire Trelawney 's letter , I had been afraid he might be the one-legged seaman that old Bill had talked about . |
| 3 | Arthur and I went for long walks — and that little village was the best place in the world . |
| 4 | Four times I went on long visits to the St Jerome , his finest work . |
| 5 | Oh , yes , you could , you certainly could , and as I said for long periods , parental an and offspring self interest will overlap . |
| 6 | Duck or diver , it had dived , and , though I waited for long minutes , it did not appear again . |
| 7 | In my busy life there are times when I dream of long periods away from people . |
| 8 | Intercity buses in the United States carry 375 million passengers a year across more than a billion miles — quite a legacy from the first US bus service which operated on Long Island in 1899 . |
| 9 | The twelfth century was characterized , therefore , by fewer but more protracted wars , which smouldered for long periods between short , sharp bouts of conflict , like the war that covered must of the reigns of Henry I of England and Louis VI of France , the one inaugurated by the great rebellion of 1173 , which outlived both Louis VII and Henry II , or that against Catalan claims in the south . |
| 10 | After the break , Abingdon continued to force Horsham back , although now the pitch was beginning to make an impression on some tired legs ; there were mistakes from both sides and also some heavy tackles which resulted in long delays whilst players received attention . |
| 11 | Although evolution decrees that species of plant and animal which survive for long periods are shaped to the advantages determined by natural selection , progress over time to larger size might be a law of nature independent of environmental factors . |
| 12 | It may of course turn out that there are after all good independent reasons for respecting the intuitive judgements which come from long experience . |
| 13 | While the progress towards the reunion of separated churches has been much slower than many had hoped , the last sixty years have seen dialogue and joint action at many levels , from the local to the international , between Christian communities which had for long centuries been very largely isolated from each other . |
| 14 | As the war ended he got himself married in Long Ditton , Surrey , to a girl named Madeline Fowler , daughter of George Fowler , a traffic manager . |
| 15 | Particular units who operated for long periods at a time in the jungle became so adept in their surroundings they became known as ‘ Green Ghosts ’ . |
| 16 | Well once I 've got you know once I 've got the shape of the story in my mind I can it down in an hour or so every time you know it 's in long hand , then it takes me hours to type it but er you know the actual once I 've got the idea I I find it necessary to get it all down you know in long hand as quickly as possible . |
| 17 | Older people who have fewer than eight main meals each week , or who go for long periods of the day without food , are considered to be especially at risk . |
| 18 | Soon after her husband died and she went to Long Island with six of her children . |
| 19 | And almost every day she went for long walks on the moors with her dog , Keeper . |
| 20 | Ted Pratt , 48 , from Boston , and Wolfgang Heinrich , from Berlin , were among those who complained of long delays and lack of information . |
| 21 | The only drawback is the expense if you fish for long sessions and take enough meat to feed continuously . |
| 22 | In old age she sat for long periods by her bedroom window , looking out over roof-tops to distant church spires and tower blocks . |
| 23 | We sat at long desks which held five pupils . |
| 24 | In form they look like long worms with two small horny shells at one end . |
| 25 | In fact , these two warts are so enlarged that they look like long swellings behind the animal 's eyes , covered with pores through which the poison seeps . |
| 26 | They should have done much better as they dominated for long spells , but failed miserably in the art of scoring . |
| 27 | Although they struggled for long periods against the same Turkey side England beat 4-0 last month , Graham Taylor — watching from the stands — said : ‘ Of the three results possible , this was the worst one . |
| 28 | More and more they were now given the title of " extraordinary " , even when they remained for long periods at the courts to which they were sent : increasingly the term , applied to either an ambassador or an envoy , became a mere title of honour . |
| 29 | He relates a lasting erotic liaison with a certain Mary Parish , an astrologer , cunning woman , and medium , with whom he lived in Long Acre , and by whom he claimed to have had progeny numbering 106 . |
| 30 | ‘ He goes for long walks , ’ said Betty mundanely . |