Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] long [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | There , women sat squeezed together on long wooden benches . |
2 | She had looked forward to long satisfying talks with him , when she could tell all about her feelings and all the worries she had kept to herself for so long , but it was not easy for Joe to spend time alone with her . |
3 | Claudia woke up slowly , opening her eyes and closing them immediately against the light that poured in through long narrow windows . |
4 | He walked rapidly with long swinging strides , was seldom ill , and had a probing curiosity . |
5 | America looks to be an exciting prospect now that Alligator Records have released my album over there , so after 20 years hard slog it 's coming together at long last … ’ |
6 | The coffee cups were all laid out on long white-napped tables , and waiters hovered over the silver urn , dispensing coffee to a few early arrivals . |
7 | Small flocks coming in from all directions joined the first arrivals until many thousands were stretched out in long parallel black lines . |
8 | ‘ Ca n't have the world thinking Tweed broke loose at long last , had his way with an attractive girl and then throttled the poor dear … ’ |
9 | These are the years I look back on as having consisted entirely of long hot summers . |
10 | The 17 months of agony washed away at long last . |
11 | The brambles of the garden had forced their way through one pane , and stretched in over the ledge , curling upwards like long scrawny fingers . |
12 | erm We have now at long last got his work permit , and he appears in this country next Thursday . |