Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a long [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day . |
| 2 | ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police . |
| 3 | and I thought to myself that blooming cat 's after them and er it kept on for a long time and then , so I opened the window and looked out a big black cat was here where 's the big black cat coming from ? |
| 4 | They settled down for a long siege and so did the outside world . |
| 5 | By this time , Lou and Charlie had moved too — the business had been running down for a long period and there was no point in staying in a flat over a shop that did n't exist any more . |
| 6 | He was a scholar and for many years studied to learn the ways of dragons ; he was proud but not stupid , and he learned all that the books could teach him , and then he set off on a long journey and captured two baby dragons and brought them home as pets . |
| 7 | For all that , it had the feel of a city wakening up after a long sleep and beginning to shake off decades of despair . |
| 8 | In non-ELT materials you can look for situations which are likely to feature highly predictable language : scenes set in restaurants or shops , at parties , the reception desk or the dining table can sometimes be picked out of a longer programme and used in isolation to give an example of particular language functions in operation . |
| 9 | They went on over a long period and affected many children who had been entrusted to the defendants for care and help . |
| 10 | We peeped through the purpose-made hole on to a long tyke and waited hopefully … bearded reedling ? water rail ? bittern ? |