Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] after a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked after a long pause . |
| 2 | ‘ We should never have come , ’ she muttered after a long silence , ‘ and if I had my way , we 'd leave here tomorrow . |
| 3 | ‘ You feel safer at home than what you do further away , ’ she said after a long silence , addressing no one . |
| 4 | Food never tastes so good as it does after a long day 's hike . |
| 5 | ‘ OK , Randy , ’ he said after a long pause . |
| 6 | ‘ Exactly that , ’ he said after a long pause . |