Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv] [prep] long " in BNC.

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1 I dropped in on long sessions of talk , putting the world to rights — after all that was supposed to be one of the main aspects of college education was n't it ?
2 We walked on above Long Bank Wood and Spring Bank where wild deer are said to roam and where Bill was made a fool of by several rabbits .
3 Instead Garvey looked a jaded team and although they pressed hard for long periods , they could well have suffered a heavy defeat after a host of elementary mistakes gave Bann opportunities which should have been punished .
4 Once they were married adults they settled down for longer periods .
5 I must admit I kept him tied up for longer than I was advised as I wanted to make sure he was capable of moving about safely as he invariably would want to look out of the door and then go back to his food .
6 Alan came back most weekends , and they went out for long drives in his father 's car .
7 He walked rapidly with long swinging strides , was seldom ill , and had a probing curiosity .
8 The afternoons he spent out on long walks or in South London attending classes on meditation .
9 Mountbatten missed Charles enormously when he went off on long trips and felt lonely and deprived without his increasingly regular visits .
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