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 .
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