Example sentences of "[v-ing] out [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shrouded in snow and shivering with cold , I arrive at the door of the friary , and after calling out for a long time , the brother porter gets up and asks : ‘ Who is it ? ’ |
| 2 | Peter , ignoring his brother 's gibe about missing the sunsets , went to the window and stood gazing out for a long time without speaking . |
| 3 | It was like the sun coming out after a long time of darkness . |
| 4 | I was born in May 1947 , when the whole of Britain was thawing out of a long , freezing winter made crueller by a fuel crisis . |
| 5 | Here he stuck out his chest and strutted about like a professional walker setting out on a long distance race . |