Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] [art] 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 | It took her quite a long time to understand what had occurred and what she had done wrong . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She gave me rather a long look but let it go at that . |