Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] [prep] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been pressing me to come down here for a long time . |
| 2 | St Peter walked along silently for a long distance . |
| 3 | It is also necessary not to view policies in a static way ; they have been built up slowly over a long period and they are still changing . |
| 4 | It means so much to the supporters in the Oxford area , it means so much to the club , I think you 've really got to be up here for a long time to realise just how much it does mean to everybody in this area . |
| 5 | They got back together after a long break so he must have liked her as she was . |
| 6 | At the major shows , winners are often exposed to the glare of television lights , and expected to parade for the cameras as well , before journeying back home after a long day . |
| 7 | It was a leafy place ; professional people , merchants , senior civil servants had lived around here for a long time . |