Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] in a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The last two sets were probably the best two sets I played in a long time , ’ said Sampras , who became the youngest ever US Open champion at 19 three years ago . |
| 2 | He has words of praise for the RSNO Chorus , which he says has ‘ sounded better than I remember in a long time ’ in the initial rehearsals of a work new to all concerned . |
| 3 | His interest and concern calmed me and sitting in his study at the back of the church I felt more at peace than I had in a long time . |
| 4 | ‘ Better than I have in a long time . ’ |
| 5 | So with all this in mind , as I sat in a long queue of airmen for the preliminary examination , I was thankful . |
| 6 | Their horses were fresher , and gradually closed on Sharpe who , to spare the mare 's strength , tried to avoid the worst hills , but he eventually found himself trapped in a long valley and was forced to put the mare at a steep grass slope which led to a bare skyline . |
| 7 | They climbed until they reached the first pocket of snow , which lay in a long , dark slash on the mountain 's side . |
| 8 | Throughout the meeting he has been observing one student , possibly in his thirties , who sits in a long wheelchair with his legs straight , parallel with the floor . |
| 9 | The BBC found itself embroiled in a long series of disputes with the government , partly over its financing , partly over alleged anti-government reporting of such episodes as the Libyan bombing raids in 1986 ( covered by an able woman reporter , Kate Adie ) . |
| 10 | She seems to have a moth-like fragility until , spellbound by the weightless command she exercises in a long , intimate soliloquy , you realise that you are the moth and she the candle . |
| 11 | Her dark , grey-streaked hair , which she wore in a long bob , had been cut by Vidal Sassoon and she wore a beautifully tailored black suit relieved only by a little white flounce at the neckline . |
| 12 | With the taste of blood still hot on her tongue , she sang in a long , keening cry of the joys of the kill … |
| 13 | When his mouth engulfed her sex she held in a long breath . |
| 14 | One of the things that some chaps found amusing when they went to the " heads " ( the head is what the Navy calls the loo ) , you sat in a long row and a great flush of water ran right through a row of 20 or 30 . |
| 15 | Thus Aquinas , who stood in a long tradition which came to him through the teachings of the early canonists summed up in Gratian 's Decretum ( 1140 ) , was clear that every state had both the right and the duty to defend itself , its legitimate existence , and its rights when these could be legally proved ( ‘ It is legitimate to oppose force with force ’ , as Justinian 's Digest put it ) . |
| 16 | We gathered in a long , low room surrounded by pictures of donkeys and men in long striped skirts like shepherds . |
| 17 | A few weeks ago we were fortunate enough to meet in a public house where I bought you half a dozen pints and we engaged in a long and fascinating conversation . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , he has not honoured the spirit of the words that he used in Committee , where we engaged in a long debate about the value of the assets and the effect on the workers . |
| 19 | Although the feet do not stretch and point in the way we still care about in the West , the dancers do not just move from position to position ; they dance in a long poem of fluently musical movement that is classical ballet 's chief claim to fame . |
| 20 | They sit in a long line in York , yeah ? |
| 21 | They came in a long winding string of wagons , horses , barking dogs , dancing children and donkeys . |
| 22 | But then again there have n't really been any bands that have said what they felt in a long time . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Not last night ; I heard him come in a long time after I went to bed . |
| 24 | He drew in a long , shuddering breath . |
| 25 | He took in a long breath , held it and squeezed the handle of the cutters . |
| 26 | It comes in a long roll of 20m , and has a neat perforator which enables you to tear off a strip to the correct length . |