Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Did you ever take drugs ? ’ the senator asked me after a long silence . |
2 | He led me to a long , low building . |
3 | King 's Highway ( 17 ) : Edom 's refusal to let Israel pass along this main road involves them in a long detour south and round . |
4 | He sat staring before him , seeing nothing but a long line of Mortimers , inexhaustible and prolific to the end of time . |
5 | Christopher Gill ( Member for Ludlow and a Midlands businessman ) , as has been mentioned in Chapter 6 , has concerned himself for a long time with what were once seen to be obscure constitutional issues of subsidiarity . |
6 | Blake moved from the Old Nag 's Head , through a courtyard , and found himself in a long alley . |
7 | When a child loves you for a long , long time , says the Skin Horse , then you gradually become Real . |
8 | The explanation seems to be that consecutive measurements have been found to be very consistent , whatever variation exists manifests itself over a longer period corresponding to several averaged measurements . |
9 | She scuttled through the door and found herself in a long drawing-room choked with old-fashioned furniture . |
10 | She was endeavouring to find her way to the courtyard when , reaching the end of one of the wide corridors , she found herself in a long gallery lined with portraits . |
11 | Drawing refreshed him as a long walk refreshed him , and it was part of the art of forgetting slights , frustrations , old wounds , so necessary if he was to survive and stay serene . |
12 | His eyes were ice-bright , and pierced her like twin blades as he regarded her for a long moment . |
13 | It was a nice face and , other things being equal , she would have responded to that first , she had been wanting to get to know him for a long time . |
14 | a cast iron logical argument you could you could then even phase it over a longer period |
15 | Next she looked for her bag , and found it on a long low table . |
16 | They found themselves in a long corridor with one glass wall that looked out into a bright , modern , open-plan and spacious area . |
17 | They found themselves in a long dark gallery above a massive room . |
18 | Elsie B graced me with a long chat which made me feel as if I 'd been in the presence of royalty , though I suspect not too many members of the Royal Family are at their desk as early as Elsie . |
19 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
20 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
21 | Have n't seen them for a long time . |
22 | ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’ |
23 | Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time . |
24 | He 's saved you from a long prison-term . |
25 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
26 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
27 | ‘ I have n't seen you in a long time . ’ |
28 | I have n't seen you in a long time . |
29 | She instanced her of a long line of lagers , I consumed three Waistwatchers , two Seckburgers , an American Way and a double order of Tuckleberry Pie . |
30 | Morse subjected him to a long unblinking stare before saying : ‘ There was no will in the safe and , according to the lawyer , it is unlikely that my father-in-law made one . ’ |