Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] in a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The last two sets were probably the best two sets I played in a long time , ’ said Sampras , who became the youngest ever US Open champion at 19 three years ago . |
| 2 | He has words of praise for the RSNO Chorus , which he says has ‘ sounded better than I remember in a long time ’ in the initial rehearsals of a work new to all concerned . |
| 3 | His interest and concern calmed me and sitting in his study at the back of the church I felt more at peace than I had in a long time . |
| 4 | ‘ Better than I have in a long time . ’ |
| 5 | So with all this in mind , as I sat in a long queue of airmen for the preliminary examination , I was thankful . |
| 6 | She seems to have a moth-like fragility until , spellbound by the weightless command she exercises in a long , intimate soliloquy , you realise that you are the moth and she the candle . |
| 7 | Her dark , grey-streaked hair , which she wore in a long bob , had been cut by Vidal Sassoon and she wore a beautifully tailored black suit relieved only by a little white flounce at the neckline . |
| 8 | With the taste of blood still hot on her tongue , she sang in a long , keening cry of the joys of the kill … |
| 9 | When his mouth engulfed her sex she held in a long breath . |
| 10 | One of the things that some chaps found amusing when they went to the " heads " ( the head is what the Navy calls the loo ) , you sat in a long row and a great flush of water ran right through a row of 20 or 30 . |
| 11 | We gathered in a long , low room surrounded by pictures of donkeys and men in long striped skirts like shepherds . |
| 12 | A few weeks ago we were fortunate enough to meet in a public house where I bought you half a dozen pints and we engaged in a long and fascinating conversation . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , he has not honoured the spirit of the words that he used in Committee , where we engaged in a long debate about the value of the assets and the effect on the workers . |
| 14 | Although the feet do not stretch and point in the way we still care about in the West , the dancers do not just move from position to position ; they dance in a long poem of fluently musical movement that is classical ballet 's chief claim to fame . |
| 15 | They sit in a long line in York , yeah ? |
| 16 | They came in a long winding string of wagons , horses , barking dogs , dancing children and donkeys . |
| 17 | But then again there have n't really been any bands that have said what they felt in a long time . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Not last night ; I heard him come in a long time after I went to bed . |
| 19 | He drew in a long , shuddering breath . |
| 20 | He took in a long breath , held it and squeezed the handle of the cutters . |
| 21 | It comes in a long roll of 20m , and has a neat perforator which enables you to tear off a strip to the correct length . |