Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too . |
| 2 | An energy policy was , however , not surprisingly not quickly agreed ; it passed only after a long and bitter struggle that extended through most of Carter 's term of office and the package of measures finally agreed was inevitably different and weaker than the one the White House had originally requested . |
| 3 | The cows moved slowly through the long green grass . |
| 4 | In Levene v Pearcey [ 1976 ] Crim LR 63 , a taxi-driver falsely told his passenger that the route was blocked and charged more for the longer way . |
| 5 | Again , do n't worry if you get slightly different results , as your assumptions may differ from ours ( for instance , we have assumed two sheets , two pillowcases and two towels per guest , changed once for the longer of the two conferences ) . |
| 6 | Scottie loved travelling and behaved splendidly during the long drives and sailing periods . |
| 7 | We splashed and laughed and played together for a long time , sharing their delight at looking underwater through a diving mask for the first time . |
| 8 | The final allied victory against Japan came only after a long and costly struggle . |
| 9 | At the end of September Violet came home for a long weekend and Perdita was so bloody-minded that in despair Daisy escaped to Harvest Festival for an hour of peace . |
| 10 | That 's something that did n't happen when I came home after a long day at work . |
| 11 | The door from the terrace led directly into a long , somewhat overfurnished salon , cool and dim after the heat and brightness outside , its deep window-sills shaded by closed shutters and crowded with knick-knacks . |
| 12 | Helen , with the baby only two weeks away , was very large indeed , but not too large for me to get my arms around her , and we stood there in the middle of the flagged floor clasped together for a long time with neither of us saying much . |
| 13 | The cab drove steadily out of Brighton on the London Road , and then , at the summit of the Downs , turned left down a long lane . |
| 14 | They turned abruptly into the long gardens of the Inner Temple , fenced off from sightseers . |
| 15 | President Vieira on Nov. 6 returned abruptly after a long period abroad , during which time he had received medical treatment and visited the United States and Taiwan . |
| 16 | The magazine in her hand plumed upwards in a long flame , belching smoke . |
| 17 | Angel 's fingers drummed angrily on the steering wheel as he gazed moodily at the long , straight road ahead of them . |
| 18 | Ingram looked doubtfully at the long table , rocking up and down like a lugger in a gale . |
| 19 | It was a horrific crime and I hope the two thugs who did it can be apprehended and sent away for a long time . ’ |
| 20 | The courtyard was no longer floodlit but the moon was brilliant , filling the room with light , and Maggie slid from her bed and went quickly to the long window that led to the veranda . |
| 21 | Hayman thought deeply for a long while before making up his mind . |
| 22 | Whether that would have been , at that time , for the benefit of the mass of the Chinese people we 're talking about erm I do n't think I , I rather think that the er turn that Mao took probably in the long run , in the long term , was to the benefit of the mass of people erm the peasantry , the workers in China because I think the alternative would have been erm international exploitation . |
| 23 | Helen asked me to explain what I meant , and listened carefully to the long story of what I had suffered at Gateshead . |
| 24 | Jules took a piece of pandoli and chewed contentedly on the long biscuit . |
| 25 | All went well on the long trip to the Jebel mountains and from there the intrepid raiding party set off for their target . |
| 26 | One night , later in their affair , O woke up in the middle of one of his long and noisy dreams and lay there for a long time looking at Boy 's face as he slept . |
| 27 | Couville rose and went across to a long leaden tube . |
| 28 | People would not welcome a move from their home and if closure went ahead over a long period of time staff would inevitably leave . |
| 29 | King Edward VII and his Consort , Alexandra , were able to influence international events , particularly in Europe , which continued to be the predominant continent and Britain looked forward to a long period of peaceful influence . |
| 30 | It stopped for a moment , then went quietly into the long grass and disappeared for ever . |