Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 The trial ground on through the long hot summer in Pretoria .
3 With a path to walk on through the long ‘ now ’ of summer .
4 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 .
5 Joseph had devoured the contents of the book avidly during the long Pacific crossing and had begun reading it again after they left Hong Kong .
6 I mean I do that with a , you know when I 'm sort of on about a long delivery talk about
7 Twenty metres or so from the grass-packed hill which looks over the Rabbit Grounds I switched to Silent Running , pacing stealthily through the long weeds and reeds , careful not to let anything I was carrying make a noise .
8 He watched them moving very slowly through the long , green grass .
9 The cows moved slowly through the long green grass .
10 It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline .
11 History shows it can go on for a long time , as deficits and surpluses did during the golden age before the First World War .
12 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 .
13 This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day .
14 At nine-thirty tea was served in the next room and conversation went on for a long time , above all if Mérimée or Octave Feuillet ( the novelist who was librarian at Fontainebleau ) were seated next to the Empress .
15 ‘ It dragged on for a long time afterwards .
16 It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says .
17 The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games .
18 This sort of exchange went on for a long time .
19 ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’
20 ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police .
21 ‘ What has made it particularly difficult , for manufacturers of all sizes , but most of all for smaller ones , is that it has gone on for a long time .
22 ‘ It 's been going on for a long time , but yer Mum 's bin very foolish an' so have the rest .
23 That is to say , if a stress is left on for a long time , wood will gradually run away from the load .
24 The list could go on for a long time .
25 This is another list that could go on for a long time .
26 The noise went on for a long time .
27 It seemed to go on for a long time .
28 He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right .
29 To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions .
30 The argument will go on for a long time .
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