Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1979 , when it came to power after a long and vicious civil war the new government detained between 7,000 and 8,000 former members of the National Guard . |
| 2 | We walked in silence for a long time . |
| 3 | Rafferty had the opposite experience to Couples on the fifth , kicking off a bank into the lake , and also went in water on the long 16th . |
| 4 | Emilia lay in silence for a long time , biting her lip . |
| 5 | The friar looked in surprise at the long , smoothly planed ash pole . |
| 6 | The second type of breakage occurs not at the top tie but near ground level , when the extra leverage imparted by wind on the long stem reveals the weak spot in a stake that has been allowed to rot and deteriorate . |
| 7 | Hugo 's restless eyes targeted a handsome dowager who stood in front of the long gilt mirrors . |
| 8 | He sat in silence for a long time . |
| 9 | We were still fairly new to the local etiquette , so we sat in silence for a long while . |
| 10 | Helen 's face had gone pale and she sat in silence for a long minute . |