Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] [adv] long [subord] " in BNC.

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1 The plain truth is that I once twisted my knee after falling down a ridiculously narrow flight of stairs at a crowded party in a terraced house in Highgate , and I found it so comforting and indeed so peculiarly elegant to lean on a good stout walking stick during the weeks that followed this mishap that I continued to do so long after my leg had returned to normal .
2 This means that Snotlings can be very frustrating to fight , because no matter how many are slain they keep fighting so long as their neighbours hold steady .
3 They had taken as long as seventeen days to examine seventy-five schemes .
4 It has survived so long because abolishing it would have been more trouble than it was worth , but that does not make it any better in itself .
5 The governing body insists leagues will start next September , but it wants to delay as long as possible any decision about what to do with the Merit teams .
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