Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] in [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our team lost the game by 125 runs , but they reckoned overall it was the most enjoyable day 's cricket they 'd had in a long time . |
| 2 | Most of its fruit had fallen in the long grass , where its rotting skin had been pecked and tunnelled by birds and worms . |
| 3 | He was about to leave the foundry and continue his journey when an apprentice came rushing in with the loveliest girl he had seen in a long while , and his heart seemed to stop . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't worry , Matey , ’ he said to her , leaving the room of many memories , putting his arms about her , seeing with new eyes how old she had grown , and that he was all she had , the last of the many children for whom she had cared in a long life of selfless service . |
| 5 | The Founders ' powers had emerged in the long wrangle with GLEB . |
| 6 | It was the first time that anything of that kind had happened in the long history of the RUC and its predecessor , the RIC . |