Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did you ever take drugs ? ’ the senator asked me after a long silence . |
| 2 | He led me to a long , low building . |
| 3 | Blake moved from the Old Nag 's Head , through a courtyard , and found himself in a long alley . |
| 4 | Since the literary works to which Ken devoted himself in the long years which followed his brief episcopate were largely unremarkable and unread , the waste of his inspired and inspiring vocation as a bishop has appeared both to contemporary and subsequent critics exasperating ; for his scruples about swearing the oath of allegiance to William and Mary were so nearly overcome by his friends that he asked them not to continue their arguments lest he succumb . |
| 5 | She scuttled through the door and found herself in a long drawing-room choked with old-fashioned furniture . |
| 6 | She was endeavouring to find her way to the courtyard when , reaching the end of one of the wide corridors , she found herself in a long gallery lined with portraits . |
| 7 | Drawing refreshed him as a long walk refreshed him , and it was part of the art of forgetting slights , frustrations , old wounds , so necessary if he was to survive and stay serene . |
| 8 | His eyes were ice-bright , and pierced her like twin blades as he regarded her for a long moment . |
| 9 | Next she looked for her bag , and found it on a long low table . |
| 10 | They found themselves in a long corridor with one glass wall that looked out into a bright , modern , open-plan and spacious area . |
| 11 | They found themselves in a long dark gallery above a massive room . |
| 12 | The rest of the company ranged themselves around the long , cold room , their backs to the wall , their eyes on the man opposite , their faces utterly inexpressive . |
| 13 | Elsie B graced me with a long chat which made me feel as if I 'd been in the presence of royalty , though I suspect not too many members of the Royal Family are at their desk as early as Elsie . |
| 14 | Alexandra surveyed herself in the long glass on the wall . |
| 15 | While the water steamed from the taps , she busied herself at the long table beneath the bathroom mirror , lifting the lids from the various jars and sniffing at them until she found the one she was searching for . |
| 16 | She mentally steeled herself for the long evening ahead , but , as it turned out , it was n't nearly as long as she had anticipated because towards the end of the evening she heard a sharp knocking on the door , and opened it to find André standing outside , a huge bunch of flowers in his arms . |
| 17 | She instanced her of a long line of lagers , I consumed three Waistwatchers , two Seckburgers , an American Way and a double order of Tuckleberry Pie . |
| 18 | Morse subjected him to a long unblinking stare before saying : ‘ There was no will in the safe and , according to the lawyer , it is unlikely that my father-in-law made one . ’ |
| 19 | He studied her for a long time , then reached out and touched a wet strand of her hair . |
| 20 | Vitor studied her for a long , piercing moment . |
| 21 | Yells of triumph and foot stomping attracted the attention of the manager , who attracted ours with a long cane . |
| 22 | He told us about the longest race in Norway ; he had taken part and had done very well , finishing very close to the front of the ‘ amateur ’ racers ( as opposed to those who race dogs for a living ) . |
| 23 | The Clwydian Hills , rising to the south and cloaked in cloud , looked wonderfully alluring : so I threw myself into the long climb with far more vigour than I might have done normally . |
| 24 | They protected themselves for a long time . |
| 25 | She ignored the amazed looks that followed them up the long hill out of town , glad to reach home long before the other two . |
| 26 | Charles pressed it for a long time . |
| 27 | Well I stuck it for a long time , Di went to sleep and I got out and I had a look and I , the only thing that I could see , and it was two o'clock , half past two this morning , er the er the one side of the big house over there was full of lights , they had all the lights on and there were two cars outside with their lights on . |
| 28 | She refused the porter 's offer to crack open the bottle , and settled herself for a long wait . |
| 29 | Anabelle watched him for a long while , but he did n't twitch a muscle . |
| 30 | We could hear the V2s thudding down onto London in the far distance , but the sound came over as a far-off double bang , which puzzled us for a long time until someone told us what it was . |