Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I admit that I prefer the longer film , but that may be because I saw it first . |
| 2 | And I mean a long time ! ’ |
| 3 | She died recently and I wrote a long letter to her husband , Wolfgang Schneiderhan . |
| 4 | After visiting No 10 , the outspoken MP for Derbyshire South and former junior health minister , said : ‘ The Prime Minister and I had a long and friendly discussion , and I was very honoured to be asked to join his Government . |
| 5 | But what I saw when we went to Spain in 1978 and I had a long , relaxed talk with James in the patio of our common hotel , actually frightened me . |
| 6 | Earlier in the week Kit Prescott and I had a long , relaxed hour and a half with one of the top African politicians . |
| 7 | Silver and I followed a long way behind the rest , and I had to help him . |
| 8 | As it happened , speaking a number of languages , I had more access to the room in which the drivers were locked up than most , and I filed a long despatch to The Times about the issues in the strike and the feeling among the drivers . |
| 9 | ‘ At the same time , there was one other bit of me that was very practical that realized that the only money to be made if you were to stay in England — and I never thought of going anywhere else — was to get into commercials , and I waited a long time until a script came along that I thought was genuinely funny . |
| 10 | Then there was another , and others behind it , and I saw the long bare tail like a whip , the narrow head , the yellow teeth that seemed too big for the jaws , the glittering red eyes . |
| 11 | The fellow stood up and I saw the long , brown gown of a Franciscan monk , the rough cord round his waist and the wooden crucifix slung on a piece of string round his neck . |
| 12 | But within days meal times became battlegrounds between my family and me , and I needed the long walks more than ever , to let off steam . |
| 13 | We glanced at each other , and I pulled a long , apprehensive face . |
| 14 | ‘ Sorry to get you here so early , ’ he said , ‘ but Angela 's death means we have to reorganize the entire workload , and I wanted a longer meeting today . |
| 15 | I know it sounds thin , sir , but I spent a long time getting no further than that and I do n't think we shall do better until we have an angle — some sort of leverage . ’ |
| 16 | I think the way it should be tackled is speak to about it , say that we still believe that y'know it ca n't go on forever obviously it ca n't go on forever because I think the longer it goes on the worse it 'll become in all honesty |
| 17 | Surrender yourself to the lock-up before I recommend a longer stay … |
| 18 | Unhappily , such days do not come too often , for I live a long way from Ringwood and it is a very popular river in that area . |
| 19 | It was best not to wonder , for I faced a long journey in what remained of the Maggot 's plane . |