Example sentences of "[noun sg] we [verb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just to be on the safe side we had a long rope attached to the raft and tied round a tree on the bank so that if the Indians lost control the rope would pull it to a stop . |
| 2 | I well remember our first night with the aid of father-in-law we spent a long day moving ourselves in . |
| 3 | He had a taxi waiting , and on arrival we found a long cloth-draped table in the centre of the room , around which were seated what seemed to be the entire Chinese population of the city — some 30 Chinese , mainly from laundries and restaurants . |
| 4 | I thought that was a lesson we learnt a long time ago ! ’ |
| 5 | Some of them you remember the table we had a long time ago showing the reactivity of different elements , particularly the metals when we were looking at metals . |