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

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1 Her face looked anguished as if she had been secretly angry and victimized for a very long time and it was just beginning to seep out .
2 It seemed like a very long time ago when I and others followed Lovat into this house .
3 We had arrived in San Francisco on Monday , after what seemed like an extremely long flight .
4 Julius stared at her for what seemed like an extraordinarily long time .
5 The 'phone rang for a very long time and when Mrs Pettifer eventually answered she sounded quite put out .
6 It reads : ‘ Went for a very long bike ride and I was n't tired but Dad was knackered . ’
7 The saturation resulted in rain , which fell for a very long time .
8 After reaching its early peak the Sussex iron industry went into a very long decline , which only finished when the Ashburnham forge closed in 1810 , at the height of the Napoleonic wars .
9 She indulged in a blissfully long bath , taking time to wash her hair and then comb it out , before drying it with a hand drier .
10 Despite episcopal censures , the practice continued for a surprisingly long time ; measures were taken to stop Irish clergy so cohabiting as late as the sixth century .
11 The man at Capital told me to hold on , and I waited for a very long time .
12 She also turned out to be the last close friend I had for an awfully long time .
13 Miranda fled , unseeing down the dark passage to the lavatory where she sat for a very long time feeling sick to her stomach .
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