Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [verb] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diana had known she was marrying into a close family , but she was unprepared for how claustrophobic it would be , or how dull she would find long spells in their company , with their passion for dogs and horses . |
| 2 | If lifetime employment is common in Japan we would expect longer periods to be spent with particular firms and less mobility between firms . |
| 3 | A form is provided overleaf but we would welcome longer letters if you prefer . |
| 4 | They would take long breaks , and would sometimes work slowly , leaving components in vats for longer than necessary . |
| 5 | Their behaviour was at times appalling ; when little they would spend long stretches of each class on the floor behind the benches , playing with bits of mercury , pricking it with needles and pen nibs , watching it slip into the coarse splintery cracks of the dusty floorboards , and forcing it out again , marvelling at the way it shrugged the dirt off its rounded shoulders . |
| 6 | But but they looked wild because they would have long hair beards a and and all oh my word they were wild looking but er . |
| 7 | On other occasions he would relate long tales of his travels or burst into gypsy songs or ancient Danish ballads . |
| 8 | And when he began to have the confidence to talk to us , he would have long discussions with people about films which he had never actually seen , but which he could pretend to have seen , since he made a point of reading all the reviews of the new films and musicals when he found out that that was what people liked to talk about on first meetings . |
| 9 | His clothes became increasingly impoverished , his frame thinner ; a hunted look appeared in his eyes , and on his last visits , he would spend long periods staring into space , oblivious of his lordship 's presence or , sometimes , even of having been addressed . |