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

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1 She had looked forward to long satisfying talks with him , when she could tell all about her feelings and all the worries she had kept to herself for so long , but it was not easy for Joe to spend time alone with her .
2 The English girls , as I recall , were still faithfully standing by the camera we had set up for long shots , having been asked to press the button at appropriate moments when we were not in frame .
3 I would have been quite happy if he had gone on for longer .
4 KEITH Pringle had split up with long time girlfriend Leanne Rees on several occasions .
5 There , women sat squeezed together on long wooden benches .
6 But a third group , induced to feel purringly happy , remained blocked up for longer than patients who had no treatment at all .
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