Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blocks were placed in a long tray which was just wide enough to accommodate them and the tray was then subjected to a series of sharp shocks , very similar to the succussion process . |
| 2 | His shirt hung open as he sat again , and Theda 's eyes were riveted to the long column of his neck , the golden glow of his chest below it . |
| 3 | Three men in black overcoats and dark glasses were fussing around the long cars and a small crowd had gathered to weep and wonder . |
| 4 | We were treated to the long diatribes of detailed considerations about the cost of paper clips and God knows what else . |
| 5 | Eight miles later , when they were coasting down a long hill , the engine spluttered . |
| 6 | These are the pay and conditions which were imposed following the long spell of industrial action . |
| 7 | Well were going for a long weekend , like the Bank Holiday weekend . |
| 8 | They had arrived outside and her cases were deposited in a long silver car that Jenna thought must be a foreign make , probably Italian . |
| 9 | Their voices were rising in a long , edged , lifting cry like seagulls before a storm . |
| 10 | It seemed as if it were coming from a long distance and he waited for a moment , and the moment went into a full minute , and then slowly he opened the door . |
| 11 | The cows were approaching in a long , strung-out line , plodding purposefully along beneath clouds of steam rising from their muddy flanks . |
| 12 | The Tynedale Fenwicks and the Liddesdale Elliots were involved for a long time in a savage , unyielding feud ; and the Armstrongs , among their many clashes , quarrelled simultaneously with the Scottish Turnbulls and Johnstones and with the English Bells , while the Bells were also feuding with the English Grahams . |
| 13 | Wheat was cut with a toothed sickle and bound by hand , barley and oats were cut with a long scythe and cradle and bound by hand . |
| 14 | For that last half-hour of the day , the dunes became a deeper gold and were scored with the long shadows of palm trees , whose tops were so green that I fancied that if my arm had been long enough I could have plucked a leaf and eaten it as if it had been parsley . |
| 15 | A variety of reasons were proffered for the long delay in setting the seal on a deal but drummer Gary Murdoch maintains that ‘ we 've had a string of managers who did n't really know their job ’ . |
| 16 | After I had been kept waiting for a few moments in an ante-room , I was ushered into the main boardroom where Dr Barton and six colleagues were seated around a long , rectangular , polished table . |
| 17 | They were seated round the long oak table , with the remains of supper still spread out . |
| 18 | Maybe it was close behind them and they were embarking on a long exhausting journey all the way around the Waste to reach what was near at their backs . |
| 19 | Christmas puddings , jars of mincemeat , bunches of holly , fruit , nuts , table-mats , serviette-rings and dozens of other useful little articles they had made carefully and patiently were spread over a long trestle table in the hall . |
| 20 | ‘ You were talking for a long time , ’ she said . |
| 21 | We were playing for a long time before we ever had a deal , and when we eventually got signed by a big company , they pretty much took us for what we were . |
| 22 | The undulations in the grass were heightened by the long shadows , and she tripped over . |
| 23 | A month later , the boarders were sitting round the long table in the Kleibers ' dining-room , having breakfast . |
| 24 | As lithium salts were not amenable to being patented , they did not attract the attention of the drug industry : also they had a bad reputation for their toxic effects , and so Cade 's findings were neglected for a long time . |
| 25 | Doubts about his motivation were expressed during a long absence through injury last season , and Jarvis claims : ‘ It was pretty obvious that some people thought there was n't really much wrong with me . |
| 26 | Somewhere , perhaps a mile away down the Beirut front line , shells were bursting in a long , low rumble that ever so slightly changed the air pressure in rue Trablos . |
| 27 | He was clad in a long dark coat with a fur collar , and a scarf . |
| 28 | The silence was eased by a long wail from a ship 's hooter from downstream . |
| 29 | I was treated like a long lost brother ! |
| 30 | Yeah but what I 'm saying is erm the orange disk was flashing for a long while before the buzzer |