Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emmie had always known it , really , but only as part of the long , beautiful dream she had about all her family . |
| 2 | That 's how I was taught you see and so in spite of the long lapse of years there 's still a tremendous amount up there because it was , it was properly learnt , you learn something thoroughly |
| 3 | We stood together in silence for a long moment . |
| 4 | I was not prepared to travel 140 miles to and from work each day , nor to live away from home on a long term basis , so I inquired about part time training . |
| 5 | The Times for the morning of Wednesday , 29 May 1839 , announced that the Orynthia was cleared outward with cargo for Demerara and Honduras ; the woman 's bust figurehead was leading her brave boys away from home on the long voyage south-west . |
| 6 | If I get a movie script which means that I 've got to be away from home for a long period then I turn it down . ’ |
| 7 | died on April 22 , 1993 , peacefully at home after a long illness . |
| 8 | ‘ I arrived home at midnight after a long and tiresome conference in Lyons , ’ he grated . |
| 9 | Now near retirement after a long career in product development , Mr Dulude can presumably act without fear or favour . |
| 10 | Jennie told Katharine to perform a 10m circle in the corner of the school , which helps bend the horse correctly , and then to shoulder-in up the long side . |
| 11 | The most accessible way of progress was through education , for most people had very little money and men were prepared to study in the early morning and late at night during a long week 's work — 10 hours a day for five days and five hours on Saturdays . |
| 12 | The two main sets of circumstances to which the Act is normally applied relate first to mental disorder and secondly to self-neglect over a long period . |