Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now reference was made to the police finance working party which met for a long period of time , and unfortunately made no progress whatsoever in zero base budgeting . |
| 2 | ‘ Was n't I the best prospect Bermondsey 'ad for a long time before I got me wound ? ’ he asked . |
| 3 | She read for a long time , and I had the bonus of knowing my father was waiting impatiently to fuck her again on this night of nights which was really their honeymoon . |
| 4 | ‘ Now take this meatloaf , boys , ’ her father announced after a long silence , for no-one talked unless directly addressed by the head of the family . |
| 5 | I asked after a long pause . |
| 6 | The device was inspired by a bus journey taken by Gysin , when the sun flickered through a long avenue of trees . |
| 7 | However , the level of total exports and of exports of manufactures rose throughout the long boom and the 1970s . |
| 8 | ‘ I realised in this day and age that people are looking for something that wee bit different , and we found with the long spell of bad weather we 've had over the summer months that people want to stay inside , ’ explained Mr Nelson . |
| 9 | Can I also say that the erm the fear expressed about Woolwich , I believe to be fairly well founded Woolwich building , a Woolwich er , Building Society had been on erm , entered into a long time ago on this erm and the letter that was read out at Potter Street area committee from Woolwich indicated that they had n't yet decided whether they would proceed and er I think is I 've talked to the publican since they have promised us an answer this week er we are intending , we have spoken , Dermot 's also spoken to our managing director we are confident we will have an answer from this week and I have to tell you that I think the answer will either no , or it will be so hazy that we 'll need to take some action and make a decision . |
| 10 | Grasshoppers churred in the long grass . |
| 11 | Matthew 's theory drew upon a long tradition of applying evolutionism to the problems of biogeography begun by the first Darwinians . |
| 12 | While ‘ planning ’ in these various guises seemed to find its moment in the Second World War , it also drew upon a long evolution of social and political thought which stretched back to before the Great War . |
| 13 | And I have a feeling- ’ She now drew in a long breath before resuming ‘ And it 's more than a feeling , it 's a certainty that , although we 're leaving here , being forced to leave here , we 'll return , for this is our home . |
| 14 | The rush over , Maggie drew in a long breath , and turning to the supervisor who was hovering in the background , she asked , ‘ All right if we go ? ’ |
| 15 | Aggie drew in a long breath and glanced at the child before answering Ben . |
| 16 | Aggie drew in a long breath , bowed her head slightly and said , ‘ Aye , I know you did , love ; but come and sit down a minute . ’ |
| 17 | He dabbled in the long jump until the age of twenty-four and then decided to switch to the sprints . |
| 18 | The youth work practice which began to emerge in the 1870s and 1880s built upon a long tradition of mainly religious charitable activity among young people , usually in connection with Sunday schools , temperance societies and the Band of Hope . |
| 19 | As they approached down the long corridor she could see George , the sacrificial dummy , slumped over the console : the bait for Forster 's trap . |
| 20 | Only once was a jarring note struck , and that was when Roger referred to the long room leading out of the kitchen as the ‘ museum ’ . |
| 21 | He peered at the long list . |
| 22 | ‘ She suffered for a long time and although her father never knew about it , her mother did . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We drove for a long time . |
| 24 | ‘ We should never have come , ’ she muttered after a long silence , ‘ and if I had my way , we 'd leave here tomorrow . |
| 25 | Christian , who came of a long line of English country gentlemen whose only aesthetic investment was in bloodstock , was a maverick , and the despair of his family when Edouard first met him . |
| 26 | In the first chilly greyness of dawn , before the sun rose , Sergeant Comstock , of the uniformed branch , who came of a long line of native fishermen , not to say poachers , and knew his river as he knew the palm of his own hand , thankfully abandoned what he had always known was a useless patrol of the left bank downstream , and on his own responsibility borrowed one of his many nephews , and embarked with him in the coracle which was his natural means of personal transport on the Comer . |
| 27 | We just were n't used to driving in the country then , it seemed like a long way from |
| 28 | Endill did not move for what seemed like a long time . |
| 29 | The three years stretching ahead seemed like a long time , then , worth buying a little house in Rummidge for ( Robyn 's father lent her the money for the deposit ) rather than paying rent . |
| 30 | It all seemed like a long time ago , but actually it was only this morning . |