Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adv prt] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're running down a long silent street . |
| 2 | In other words , I C I , Ingaselectric , A E I , all the big firms , all the er coal mines , all the British Rail , well British Rail in those days , and these large firms trained large numbers of apprentices and then after the five years they tipped you out , I 'm sorry I 'm going back a long while , into what they call an improver status and then you could either come back to the firm or you could go , stay where you were . |
| 3 | Researchers at Gloucesters public health laboratories have been carrying out a long term study into more than three hundred cases of meningitis . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman asks whether we could debate them after they have been debated in the European Community , but we are talking about a long time ahead . |
| 5 | One moment they seemed to be flying through and over mountains and the next they were skimming over a long , fertile valley , turning to come in with the wind and losing height steadily . |
| 6 | If you are casting off a long length , then move the weight up from time to time , but always keep it actually on the cast off edge . |
| 7 | well that 's going back a long time , is n't it ? |
| 8 | This is carrying on a long tradition of Eastern Centre get-togethers for E H Os , we 've done residential courses every two years for I do n't know how many years . |
| 9 | There were beds available for those with particular problems , such as those who had been injecting over a long period . |
| 10 | On that occasion , I was moving down a long , straight road with wide meadows on either side of me . |