Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew this was something that had been happening slowly for a long time , something that had to happen or he was lost , but it was such a brittle structure they were building , one word would topple it , shatter it , one word would be enough to jerk them back into that ordinary daylight where nothing could be changed or righted , nothing could unravel . |
| 2 | He was conscious of a growing feeling of peace and well-being as he drew nearer — like a weary traveller returning home after a long and tiring journey . |
| 3 | ‘ Quite honestly — and who wants to celebrate becoming twenty-six ? — I 'm really looking forward to a long soak in the bath , and then putting my feet up in front of the TV , ’ she added firmly . |
| 4 | Trainer Jimmy Etherington , who submitted a ‘ friendly ’ claim of £9,354 to ensure taking the filly back to Yorkshire , is now looking forward to a long winter 's break when the turf season closes on Monday . |
| 5 | He 's probably going away for a long time , that 's why . |
| 6 | ‘ They were apparently going away for a long weekend vacation . |
| 7 | Next door , steady work is going ahead on a long term , very ambitious educational project to which he is now turning his energies . |
| 8 | Mr Nyers was speaking shortly after a long procedural wrangle on the method of electing the new leadership . |
| 9 | He had abruptly spurred ahead of her then without replying , and they had ridden without speaking further for a long while . |
| 10 | Social anthropologists can and do study members of their own society and they have been doing so for a long time , though mostly they do not do it very well . |
| 11 | He and his son were coming home from a long day 's fishing . |
| 12 | ‘ I would seriously think about coming here for a longer stay if the right opportunity arose , but I do have a lot going for me back home , ’ said Lloyd , who spent his early years in Epping . |
| 13 | He finished fourth to Baies and The Thinker at Haydock last week , running well for a long way . |
| 14 | I heard this with embarrassment , remembering how terribly bored and miserable I had been sitting there on a long hot afternoon , hardly understanding a word as chiefs and elders talked to our delegation in local dialect . |
| 15 | And the two of them working together over a long time , they would work |