Example sentences of "[vb past] in a long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I have a feeling- ’ She now drew in a long breath before resuming ‘ And it 's more than a feeling , it 's a certainty that , although we 're leaving here , being forced to leave here , we 'll return , for this is our home . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , he has not honoured the spirit of the words that he used in Committee , where we engaged in a long debate about the value of the assets and the effect on the workers . |
| 3 | Bigwig jumped down from the bank into the field and ran in a long curve across the wet grass . |
| 4 | The armourers all slept in a long room on the first floor , with J. in a small room to himself at the end , and it so happened that Matthew occupied the corresponding small room immediately underneath on the ground floor . |
| 5 | So with all this in mind , as I sat in a long queue of airmen for the preliminary examination , I was thankful . |