Example sentences of "i [vb past] a long " in BNC.
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1 | For my part , I endured a long disquisition on the Tractarians from a young and opinionated university liberal . |
2 | I 'ad a long stint wiv Galloway an' I was gutted when I got the push an' we 'ad ter get out o' the 'ouse . |
3 | I realized a long time ago why you were so set on Charlie and me marrying , and I 'm very fond of him , and I 'd like to go on living at Lady Mead for the rest of my life . |
4 | I got a long bright beam from the shiny eyes . |
5 | I got a long way to go to get to high class . |
6 | As soon as the train started , I drew a long breath of relief . |
7 | ‘ I came a long way to say I 'm sorry , ’ Leonora reminded him . |
8 | As it happened , speaking a number of languages , I had more access to the room in which the drivers were locked up than most , and I filed a long despatch to The Times about the issues in the strike and the feeling among the drivers . |
9 | It was best not to wonder , for I faced a long journey in what remained of the Maggot 's plane . |
10 | That is why I allowed a long run on question 1 today — It was longer than I would normally allow . |
11 | On the way across I enjoyed a long and interesting talk with the young son of a Haida chief . |
12 | I released a long , tense breath , flicked the stub of my cigarette into the lake , and turned to look back where Edward and Laura squatted before the smoking kiln , for all the world the alchemist and his mystic sister , except that the roles were powerfully reversed , and — I realized suddenly — they were arguing under their breath . |
13 | I spent a long time photographing the falls , taken with their grace . |
14 | I spent a long time reading the advertisements . |
15 | So I spent a long time trying to hide the place . |
16 | It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room . |
17 | I spent a long time diving frantically after them , jamming the sheet at a bunch only to see half of them streaking out the other end , and I might have gone on indefinitely had I not felt a gentle touch on my arm . |
18 | I know it sounds thin , sir , but I spent a long time getting no further than that and I do n't think we shall do better until we have an angle — some sort of leverage . ’ |
19 | I followed a long harbour-wall pathway , then took a gate into a park . |
20 | Silver and I followed a long way behind the rest , and I had to help him . |
21 | Trying not to make a sound , I achieved a long and delicious orgasm , a heavenly mixture of sheer physical bliss , emotional release and satisfyingly agitating anxiety . |
22 | We glanced at each other , and I pulled a long , apprehensive face . |
23 | I knew a long time ago it was n't right when he wanted to … . ’ |
24 | When I turned I saw a long patch of the fluorescent dye that the Germans carried staining the sea a light yellow-green but could not pick out the pilot . |
25 | Immediately after leaving SIS , I took a long holiday in Italy . |
26 | I took a long way round to Ramon 's friend 's address and told him what had happened . |
27 | So I bought a long top , which came well below my hips , to wear with them . |
28 | ‘ On December 16 , I had a long talk with Kevin and Ian . |
29 | After visiting No 10 , the outspoken MP for Derbyshire South and former junior health minister , said : ‘ The Prime Minister and I had a long and friendly discussion , and I was very honoured to be asked to join his Government . |
30 | When I returned to Moose Jaw about mid-August I had a long talk with Fred Workman , who told me he had noticed a certain restlessness in me as if I were hoping for a change of scene . |