Example sentences of "she [verb] [art] long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she lived a long way from the town , she seldom missed Brownie Pack Meeting . |
| 2 | She has a long coachroof of medium height and a short-ended hull on which no attempt has been made to distort the lines . |
| 3 | She has a long association with the scouting movement and is president of the East Middlesbrough scout executive . |
| 4 | She spent a long time in the bathroom . |
| 5 | She spent a long time near the gate these days , but the snow had driven her indoors at last . |
| 6 | In the hall she wraps a long scarf round her neck and puts on a cream-coloured quilted cotton jacket , with wide shoulders and inset sleeves , and lets herself out by the front door . |
| 7 | She took a long drink of her tea and then continued , ‘ Anyway , she 'll go before long , never fear . ’ |
| 8 | Unused to spicy food , she took a long mouthful of the gin and tonic , which she could now no longer even taste , then very deliberately she finished the chicken wing and ate another one . |
| 9 | She took a long draw on her cigarette , looking at me curiously . |
| 10 | She knew the long list of silver almost by heart and counted it monthly that nothing might go astray . |
| 11 | They went out quietly and she gave a long sigh of relief . |
| 12 | She waited a long time in a small office , but after an hour a policeman came into the room . |
| 13 | Knowing that she had a long day in front of her , Laura decided to follow her friend 's good example . |
| 14 | Her hair was short and dark , and she had a long face with a mobile mouth and crooked teeth . |
| 15 | She wrote a long letter to her brother about these problems . |
| 16 | She sat a long time by herself , looking at the forsythia . |