Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eight miles later , when they were coasting down a long hill , the engine spluttered . |
| 2 | Well were going for a long weekend , like the Bank Holiday weekend . |
| 3 | Their voices were rising in a long , edged , lifting cry like seagulls before a storm . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The cows were approaching in a long , strung-out line , plodding purposefully along beneath clouds of steam rising from their muddy flanks . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ You were talking for a long time , ’ she said . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |