Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv] a long " in BNC.
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1 | The disappointment is vivid yet of the Christmas day when the postman arrived at last , hours late , and brought me only a long narrow box of crackers . |
2 | It took me quite a long time to get over it . |
3 | It took me quite a long time . |
4 | Chairman , if they are recorded all later , it took me quite a long time to discover them , could we have , abbreviations just written out , it makes it very difficult for me to , I 'm not used , I mean , I 'm |
5 | I wish I 'd have took them out a long while ago when they were higher . |
6 | It took her quite a long time to understand what had occurred and what she had done wrong . |
7 | The ‘ gruelling ’ , or at least rigorous , element in the approval process made it frequently a long one , and was often accompanied by the traumatic shock or disappointment of rejection . |
8 | She gave me rather a long look but let it go at that . |
9 | After dropping 100m in about 4.5 miles , a sneaky left hand turn ( just after you come to some dry stone walls ) led us down a long rough track to the Low Mill — Gillamoor road . |