Example sentences of "[adv] after a long [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps after a long and unpleasant time in various German prison camps in Bavaria , Czechoslovakia and Brunswick , where the prisoners had been subjected to very severe bombing raids in which a number of them were killed , he had lost some of his characteristically boyish expression , but his sense of humour had n't suffered . |
| 2 | These important nuances are often recognised only after a long and intimate experience of the couple under study . |
| 3 | An energy policy was , however , not surprisingly not quickly agreed ; it passed only after a long and bitter struggle that extended through most of Carter 's term of office and the package of measures finally agreed was inevitably different and weaker than the one the White House had originally requested . |
| 4 | The final allied victory against Japan came only after a long and costly struggle . |
| 5 | He was conscious of a growing feeling of peace and well-being as he drew nearer — like a weary traveller returning home after a long and tiring journey . |
| 6 | The homecoming procedure , even after a long and exhausting exercise , is well known . |