Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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1 | He pulled her into his arms , pressing her close as a long , shuddering sigh rippled through her body . |
2 | ‘ The apparel industry has been searching for something new for a long time and this is something which will be exciting . |
3 | Anyway we 're going to go for trap two , Smoky Amber here , now she 's a bitch that is really , I think 's going to be something special over a longer trip , erm you know a longer distance , but she is only a March eighty nine so she 's not two yet . |
4 | It had been a dry summer but the pool was full and the young people , many of them travel-stained after a long trek from Portofino , were lying in steaming baths , their toes poised to activate the gilded taps . |
5 | It was despairing and made him uneasy for a long time afterwards . |
6 | We have made it clear for a long period that we believe that devolution or independence would damage very severely the degree of inward investment into Scotland and the degree of self-generating investment within Scotland as well . |
7 | ‘ British publishers have had it good for a long time . |
8 | If a participant leaves in other circumstances ( retirement excepted ) the option will lapse unless the Directors exercise their discretion to keep it open for a longer period . |