Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he went on his way with the youngest brother until they came to a long glade in the forest . |
| 2 | They came in a long winding string of wagons , horses , barking dogs , dancing children and donkeys . |
| 3 | Yet there can be no room for complacency after shock home defeats by Watford and Barnsley defeats that were all the more disappointing because they came after a long unbeaten home run . |
| 4 | They walked down a long corridor with heavy doors on both sides . |
| 5 | They kissed for a long time , and indeed there was still longing there , in both of them , a kind of hopeless longing . |
| 6 | The door closed on them slowly ; they thinned into a long , faint strand of light and vanished , and everything was dark , dark for three days ; except that now there was no way of distinguishing night from day , and time , like hope and pleasure and companionship and all the human things it measured , had stopped . |
| 7 | But then again there have n't really been any bands that have said what they felt in a long time . ’ |
| 8 | They went up a long hill and came to an imposing arched entrance . |
| 9 | There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn . |
| 10 | They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone . |
| 11 | They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore . |
| 12 | They sat for a long time on brown plastic seats in a white corridor . |