Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jehana was wearing a long gown of cream-coloured cloth . |
| 2 | ‘ When I step back from it all , I see tennis was invented a long time ago . |
| 3 | The sky was getting darker and the silhouette of the Chateau was casting a long shadow of gloom over the scene . |
| 4 | ( Later we learn that her body was carried a long distance on someone 's back , for there are only a few places in Tibet where sky burials are performed . ) |
| 5 | ‘ The entire community was resettled a long time ago . |
| 6 | 2.25:GOLD CUP hero Cool Ground was beaten a long way behind Tipping Tim at Wetherby three weeks ago , and is best watched for the time being . |
| 7 | Mary was carrying a long white veil and dress over her arm . |
| 8 | Iain Christie , chairman of the processing group , said : ‘ This promotion was arranged a long time ago , before this import situation surfaced . |
| 9 | Woolley was making a long telephone call . |
| 10 | Sapt was carrying a long rope and I had a short , thick stick and a long knife . |
| 11 | The switched-off siren was taking a long time to die . |
| 12 | Finding this rare breed was to prove a long , uphill struggle . |
| 13 | The idea of having a rapper and using a James Brown melody line as your hook was done a long , long time ago — by us ! |
| 14 | Brown Owl was gone a long time , but at last she came back , and leaning on her arm and limping was the pilot of the plane . |
| 15 | Finally , the question of national guilt and its expiation was to have a long history in relation to abolition and emancipation involving a definition of national interest as meeting national duty by observing the religious conception of proper order in the world . |
| 16 | The estate was sold a long time ago to the Dukes of Devonshire and was tenanted at one time by the Reverend Thomas Fosbroke , the celebrated antiquary . |
| 17 | For to believe in abstract principles of justice was to face a long series of disillusionments in everyday life , as the Goliardic poems , written by scholars trained in the new learning , amply demonstrated : |