Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sandra Peden , her that works in the Co-operative she 's a Gold Medallist in Elocution you know , well wait till I tell you she came on in a long Laura Ashley nightdress carrying a Wee Willie Winkie candlestick with wee pink bedsocks and a matching pompom hat and did Holy Willie 's Prayer . |
| 2 | He came in with a long stride , with head erect , and calm authoritative eyes . |
| 3 | One day , their father Mr Earnshaw came back from a long journey . |
| 4 | Then , as some car in the street outside her hotel coughed and choked and backfired , Fabia abruptly came out of the long reverie she had fallen into , and back to the present , to realise that it was Monday morning — did she think she was going to sit there in bed all day ? |
| 5 | He said , ‘ Remember the peasant dance where they came out in the long , hooped skirts and you ca n't see their feet ? |
| 6 | It was like the sun coming out after a long time of darkness . |
| 7 | After a long time I heard him get up and come over to the long wall , near to where I was sitting listlessly in the arm-chair . |
| 8 | so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time . |
| 9 | It 's like people sometimes have problems when they come out after a long stay in hospital — or the same sort of thing anyway . |
| 10 | When sh , Sarah comes in with a long skirt on he , he goes up |
| 11 | I mean you 've got to try and keep yourself afloat , and then even that 's not going to help you , if nobody comes along and picks you up either , so I mean that But I mean I I did n't Oh well I Suppose I could say I gave up hope a few times but obviously if you s The struggle to survive comes through in the long run , and I mean it 's it 's not easy to give up hope , |