Example sentences of "followed a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | In middle age he has experienced a breakdown , an identity crisis , which followed a long illness and an operation . |
| 2 | I followed a long harbour-wall pathway , then took a gate into a park . |
| 3 | The Minutes record ‘ There followed a long discussion about the merits of bondholders and Dr. G. O'Gorman forcibly made the point that their position and relative control was undemocratic and that their strength was out of balance with their numbers . ’ |
| 4 | There then followed a long period of muddle and confusion not helped by the fact that no one had a recent photograph of Blake and that it was a Saturday evening . |
| 5 | There followed a long talk about books . |
| 6 | There followed a long , lingering time of sheer ecstasy , as his busy fingers stroked oil into her back and belly and buttocks . |
| 7 | Silver and I followed a long way behind the rest , and I had to help him . |
| 8 | The largest conventional university is the University of London ( in effect a federation of largely independent colleges ) , which has over 40,000 students , followed a long way behind by the Universities of Wales , Oxford , Cambridge , Leeds and Manchester , each of which have over 10,000 students . |
| 9 | There followed a long wrangle over Benedict 's future , which Sir John Merchiston eventually won by virtue of the fact that Robert Beckenham 's new wife was delivered of a boy . |
| 10 | Haytons conviction for causing death by reckless driving followed a long string of motoring offences . |
| 11 | The secret operation followed a long period gathering information on criminals in the town . |
| 12 | There followed a long period of explanation of what we did followed by negotiations on what we would have to do to meet the standard . |