Example sentences of "she had [vb pp] a long " in BNC.
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1 | She watched him leave the room , her heart heavy , as though she had run a long way uphill , and had not the strength for the return journey . |
2 | ‘ You know why I 'm here , ’ she said , her voice rasping in her throat as though she had run a long way . |
3 | She had gone a long way , when she came to a big foot . |
4 | She had gone a long way towards admitting that the King could not live of his own . |
5 | She had been one of them once , but suddenly she had gone a long way away . |
6 | She had waited a long time for this moment . |
7 | After all , she had waited a long time to belong , but she had never realised she could belong so completely . |
8 | Florence Ames was quieter about it , as though she had the measure of things because she had spent a long time in looking at them . |
9 | She had had a long treatment session , and then decided , possibly over-ambitiously , to visit her brother for tea , walking part of the way . |
10 | If anyone found out and if Alain was angry she would fight it out later , but for now she had come a long way , she was tired , disappointed , and nobody was going to stop her from staying here . |
11 | She had come a long way and as far as she could see it would take much longer even to reach the foothills . |