Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final tally was 41 , with 12 reported for possible prosecution , six cautioned , and 23 others either talked to or extremely worn out after a long chase . |
| 2 | The final tally was 41 , with 12 reported for possible prosecution , six cautioned , and 23 others either talked to or extremely worn out after a long chase . |
| 3 | Tonight , wherever she looked she saw herself reflected and transformed , her face shining as though she had quite suddenly woken up after a long sleep , filled with lovely dreams . |
| 4 | Mum kept out of sight until he had left , then down the stairs she came , all dressed up in a long black taffeta dress , which rustled when she moved . |
| 5 | Anyway , I came back into his office and gave him his coffee , and was just getting down to a long bout of conveyancing when the phone in our room rang . |
| 6 | I feel like I 've just woken up after a long dream ; ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Listen for its slurred , gulping notes , increasing in speed and loudness , ’ reads one report , ‘ notes which are often drawn out into a long whistling finale . ’ |
| 8 | The extension of the theatre of war to south-eastern Europe had , despite the German triumph , led to increased concern that the war could now drag on for a long time . |
| 9 | And he immediately set off for a long Bank Holiday break ! |
| 10 | His crisis is precipitated by word of his transfer to another school ; he staggers towards resigning from the school he 's at , and maybe from the profession , and then bunks off for a long afternoon 's superlager , home-brew and whisky with his brother , who is on the dole , and two of his brother 's mates . |
| 11 | Everyone quietly settled down for a long wait . |