Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a long [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would gaze for a long time and , when Gabriel had finished his tasks , would settle again until the ghost reinforced itself somewhere else a few days later . |
| 2 | He usually bedded down on newspapers and covered himself with an old blanket which he sometimes left in the porch , ready for the next night , and sometimes took away , rolled into a long wad and tied around his stomach with string . |
| 3 | Aggie drew in a long breath and glanced at the child before answering Ben . |
| 4 | Their horses were fresher , and gradually closed on Sharpe who , to spare the mare 's strength , tried to avoid the worst hills , but he eventually found himself trapped in a long valley and was forced to put the mare at a steep grass slope which led to a bare skyline . |
| 5 | There is the standard , spacious , minimally-furnished living room , tastefully carpeted in subdued oatmeal and dominated by a long sofa and oversized TV . |
| 6 | ‘ She suffered for a long time and although her father never knew about it , her mother did . ’ |
| 7 | The clothes had not been disturbed for a long time and were as thick and tangled as jungle foliage . |
| 8 | In 1805 Jesty gave his evidence in London at the institute 's invitation , when he was presented with a long testimonial and pair of gold-mounted lancets . |
| 9 | Do these exercises whilst looking into a long mirror and do them smoothly . |
| 10 | This is the highest quality educational package I have seen in a long time and is well worth registering . |
| 11 | Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show . |
| 12 | So he and his rider galloped up a long hill and then down a longer hill and then up another hill and so on without a break for eight exhausting miles , and the more his rider puffed and gasped for breath , the more he enjoyed himself and the faster he went ! |
| 13 | ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible . |
| 14 | These are goods which last for a long time and which yield the household utility-creating services both in the current period and in future periods . |
| 15 | And went on , ‘ When my mother died , ten years ago , my father did what he 'd wanted to do for a long time and moved into here , leaving me the palazzo . ’ |
| 16 | The toxic nature of some animals has been known for a long time and man has utilised their venoms and poisons for various purposes . |
| 17 | It 's one of the delightful , I 've been recruiting for a long time and it 's it 's one of those erm delightful things to be able to say to people on the phone when they tell me they 're fifty or fifty four to say that 's not a problem . |
| 18 | ‘ People see Romania and Albania in the media all the time now but Poland has been suffering for a long time and people are still very much in need of our help , ’ she said . |
| 19 | Pour into a long glass and top with soda . |
| 20 | It seemed as if it were coming from a long distance and he waited for a moment , and the moment went into a full minute , and then slowly he opened the door . |
| 21 | The run-down was to be stretched over a longer period and the agreed strength raised from Sandys ’ proposed 45,000 to 55,000 . |
| 22 | But we went for a long walk and Ally started talking about his work in a way I had n't heard before . |
| 23 | You know , you may go for a long time and not see any , then you 'll see two or three in possibly a week . |
| 24 | To tell the truth I have only hazy memories of the magazine that I took for a long time and until it ceased publication for reasons that were beyond me . |
| 25 | I had decided that I had to face up to the fact that John might not come back or he might be gone for a long time and that when he did come back we might not love one another . |
| 26 | I was only about five and a half when she too died after a long illness and one of my earliest recollections is riding in the well , at the foot of her bath-chair when she went out for constitutionals . |
| 27 | Wheat was cut with a toothed sickle and bound by hand , barley and oats were cut with a long scythe and cradle and bound by hand . |
| 28 | They went up a long hill and came to an imposing arched entrance . |
| 29 | Each parcel of butter is tasted with a long scoop and then re-weighed before a buyer will accept it . |
| 30 | Well I think that it 's gone on a long time and it 's not |