Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 31 | This was t I mean when you think about it er it was good fun and er eventually people realized what was happening and of course they knew what was happening but that went on for a long long time . |
| 32 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 33 | Well that practice did go on for a long number of years where the the riveter was the was the boss of the squad and on the Friday night , when er where it came knocking off time , he would collect the wages and he would divide that up between the squad which would be , a holder-on , a rivet boy , er maybe a putter-in , er again in my time , that was mostly a squad . |
| 34 | Students often hesitate to let a rhythmic design run on for a long period , fearing monotony ; they therefore begin something different every few bars , sometimes in the belief that changing words need a constantly changing accompaniment . |
| 35 | This went on for a long time . |
| 36 | They had gone on for a long distance , before arriving at a door in a long , anonymous wall ; the letter bearer , a gloomily serious young man with eyebrows which met across his brow , maintaining a severe silence throughout the journey . |
| 37 | Here was this summer evening , their forms seemed to say , to be enjoyed by all , going on for a long time yet , with more ahead , and the fair when they felt like it , and the fireworks . |
| 38 | I went to the sink and turned the cold tap on for a long drink to combat the dehydration . |
| 39 | Oh , certainly , yes , yes , and and it carried on for a long time afterwards , and and I think is is still used in some selection processes . |
| 40 | The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening . |
| 41 | It will go on for a long time but lost it is already . ’ |
| 42 | This world has been going on for a long time , oh god knows how many , five hundred thousand million bloody years and eventually it 's going to , it , it , it , it 's going to explode and go |
| 43 | and I thought to myself that blooming cat 's after them and er it kept on for a long time and then , so I opened the window and looked out a big black cat was here where 's the big black cat coming from ? |
| 44 | She had to leave the floor , they had to walk , that 's right , they had to walk on the concrete floor without tiles on for a long time |
| 45 | ‘ I was going to propose to you properly that weekend , ’ he went on after a long , blissful interval . |
| 46 | AN EERIE silence will descend on the steel town of Motherwell next weekend when the big Ravenscraig strip mill winds down for a long and unwelcome seasonal break . |
| 47 | She knew only , as they made their slow way along the beach back to the town , that she felt exhausted but peaceful , even momentarily carefree , as if she had shed burdens that had been weighing her down for a long time . |
| 48 | Susan went to bed early , and Breeze and Gay made themselves toast and welsh rarebit , and settled down for a long evening by the fire . |
| 49 | Everyone quietly settled down for a long wait . |
| 50 | They settled down for a long siege and so did the outside world . |
| 51 | He hired a car and took the boy down for a long weekend at the St. Mellion Golf and Country Club . |
| 52 | By this time , Lou and Charlie had moved too — the business had been running down for a long period and there was no point in staying in a flat over a shop that did n't exist any more . |
| 53 | They were enjoying the first fresh food they had had in weeks before settling down for a long , well-earned rest . |
| 54 | If the property has been lived in for a long time with old carpets that have never been shampooed they can exude quite pungent odours . |
| 55 | We were in for a long , rough passage , battling into the wind for seven hours or more . |
| 56 | ‘ I 've heard so much about you , ’ she said to me , as though settling herself in for a long cosy chat . |
| 57 | Clare was told she was in for a long stay in bed , and Mother moved in a divan to sleep next to her . |
| 58 | Of course , this may lead them to run onto the rotted wood , which will give way and let them in for a long fall … |
| 59 | I sighed and lingered over coffee because I know I 'd be in for a long session while I listened to June 's catalogue of woes . |
| 60 | ‘ I get the feeling we 're in for a long night ’ , she said . |