Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too . |
| 2 | A 12 volt battery is really essential for the mechanical action of the trimmer to work effectively over a long period . |
| 3 | He knew this was something that had been happening slowly for a long time , something that had to happen or he was lost , but it was such a brittle structure they were building , one word would topple it , shatter it , one word would be enough to jerk them back into that ordinary daylight where nothing could be changed or righted , nothing could unravel . |
| 4 | The increase had been won only after a long struggle . |
| 5 | The way I was doing the deal , everyone was going to have to work together for a long time . ’ |
| 6 | Now , as she crossed into Farringdon Street and saw familiar landmarks , she stopped and put down her bag , gazing about her with the pleasure of someone who has come home after a long absence . |
| 7 | That would be a mistake : this is one of the most satisfying and interesting CDs I have come across in a long while . |
| 8 | She lies there for a long time , not saying nothing . |
| 9 | In the gravityless environment of the hulk any unexploded bolts or similar projectiles could ricochet unpredictably for a long time within a confined space . |
| 10 | For the concession of hereditary tenure , though made piecemeal over a long period of time , was universal by the end of the century . |
| 11 | If on the other hand , a stress is applied slowly over a longer period the material flows like a viscous liquid so that the spherical shape is soon lost if left to stand for some time . |
| 12 | All the animals are in their cages , but they do n't seem to have very much space , and some of them have n't been fed properly for a long time . |
| 13 | He coveted the throne and had done so for a long time . |
| 14 | We splashed and laughed and played together for a long time , sharing their delight at looking underwater through a diving mask for the first time . |
| 15 | At the end of September Violet came home for a long weekend and Perdita was so bloody-minded that in despair Daisy escaped to Harvest Festival for an hour of peace . |
| 16 | That 's something that did n't happen when I came home after a long day at work . |
| 17 | And during the next thirty years composers associated with the Académie set his poems , including a translation of the Psalms , to music in which , as Philip Sidney put it , ‘ every semibreif or mynom had its syllables matched accordingly with a long foote and a short foote ’ , not monodic but in harmony with each syllable sung simultaneously in all parts . |
| 18 | Trainer Jimmy Etherington , who submitted a ‘ friendly ’ claim of £9,354 to ensure taking the filly back to Yorkshire , is now looking forward to a long winter 's break when the turf season closes on Monday . |
| 19 | ‘ Quite honestly — and who wants to celebrate becoming twenty-six ? — I 'm really looking forward to a long soak in the bath , and then putting my feet up in front of the TV , ’ she added firmly . |
| 20 | Helen , with the baby only two weeks away , was very large indeed , but not too large for me to get my arms around her , and we stood there in the middle of the flagged floor clasped together for a long time with neither of us saying much . |
| 21 | Transmission often succeeds only after a long incubation period , which decreases substantially after serial passaging . |
| 22 | ‘ They were apparently going away for a long weekend vacation . |
| 23 | He 's probably going away for a long time , that 's why . |
| 24 | Carl had got home after a long day . |
| 25 | At first glance , the head seemed to consist solely of a long nose protruding from a tangle of hair , thereby resembling the countenance of a maned vole , though considerably larger in size . |
| 26 | The cab drove steadily out of Brighton on the London Road , and then , at the summit of the Downs , turned left down a long lane . |
| 27 | Next door , steady work is going ahead on a long term , very ambitious educational project to which he is now turning his energies . |
| 28 | Ludwig Erhard , who succeeded Adenauer as Chancellor in October 1963 , was an experienced minister , the man held responsible for German economic success since 1949 , deeply committed to the US alliance and who , at 66 , could look forward to a long career as Chancellor — given the record of his predecessor . |
| 29 | In the bite-shaped hollow , a small mound of viscous lava was growing and continued to do so for a long time afterwards . |
| 30 | Anyone who is stupid enough to try and derail a train should be locked away for a long time . |