Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was like the sun coming out after a long time of darkness . |
| 2 | Here he stuck out his chest and strutted about like a professional walker setting out on a long distance race . |
| 3 | He was conscious of a growing feeling of peace and well-being as he drew nearer — like a weary traveller returning home after a long and tiring journey . |
| 4 | Their congregations of ‘ Independents ’ were justly named in a society settling down to a long period of outward conformity and growing indifference to religion . |
| 5 | For all that , it had the feel of a city wakening up after a long sleep and beginning to shake off decades of despair . |