Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] in [art] 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 | no it 's not addressing the issue but I said in the longer term that could be one of the options |
| 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 | In an agony of excitement , I searched in the long grass bordering the river , following the line to where the fish lay , gasping . |
| 5 | So with all this in mind , as I sat in a long queue of airmen for the preliminary examination , I was thankful . |
| 6 | They climbed until they reached the first pocket of snow , which lay in a long , dark slash on the mountain 's side . |
| 7 | In each case , London led the way , but was the first into recession , which meant in the long run that the relationship between the value of property in different areas was maintained . |
| 8 | The house was semi-detached , which put them on a higher social level than the people who lived in the long uniform ranks , a pleasant , gravel-faced house which had been built after the war and which had a good sized garden back and front , three bedrooms , a bathroom — and an outside toilet , coal house and glory hole . |
| 9 | She glanced in the long mirror and , apparently satisfied , opened an oak chest and took out a drab fustian cloak of the type customarily worn by maidservants of the lower order , the which she had borrowed earlier from the servants ' quarters on a pretext . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | With the taste of blood still hot on her tongue , she sang in a long , keening cry of the joys of the kill … |
| 12 | She remained in the long druggeted corridor , a crumpled figure in a pink dressing gown watching the forests spinning madly by . |
| 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 happily planned a day hike as we swam in the long blue lake while butterflies fluttered around us . |
| 17 | We gathered in a long , low room surrounded by pictures of donkeys and men in long striped skirts like shepherds . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | They came in a long winding string of wagons , horses , barking dogs , dancing children and donkeys . |
| 21 | But then again there have n't really been any bands that have said what they felt in a long time . ’ |
| 22 | He dabbled in the long jump until the age of twenty-four and then decided to switch to the sprints . |
| 23 | He drew in a long , shuddering breath . |
| 24 | He took in a long breath , held it and squeezed the handle of the cutters . |
| 25 | Admittedly nerves were strained to breaking point and great passions aroused , yet what mattered in the longer run was the extent to which it caused the British to decide to draw even closer to the United States . |