Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] after a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked after a long pause . |
| 2 | For me , overriding all practical considerations , there is the spiritual uplift which comes after a long sea passage when , at dawn or evening , I enter some tangle-fringed sea loch with the majesty of the hills reflecting from its still waters . |
| 3 | ‘ We should never have come , ’ she muttered after a long silence , ‘ and if I had my way , we 'd leave here tomorrow . |
| 4 | Down the road a man in his fifties — a window cleaner — lost his wife who died after a long and harrowing illness . |
| 5 | ‘ You feel safer at home than what you do further away , ’ she said after a long silence , addressing no one . |
| 6 | Yet there can be no room for complacency after shock home defeats by Watford and Barnsley defeats that were all the more disappointing because they came after a long unbeaten home run . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , are yer comin' or ai n't yer ? ’ he asked after a long and noisy sip at the cup that cheers . |
| 8 | Food never tastes so good as it does after a long day 's hike . |
| 9 | ‘ OK , Randy , ’ he said after a long pause . |
| 10 | ‘ Exactly that , ’ he said after a long pause . |