Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games . |
| 2 | ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’ |
| 3 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
| 4 | To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions . |
| 5 | Our first sight of the island was a sharp mountain peak jutting through the low cloud which unfortunately spoiled our view , but in minutes we were through the cloud and touching down on the long black runway which ran parallel to the shores of the fiord . |
| 6 | arguments , all of which can be developed only by a long mental soak in the subject . |
| 7 | They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too . |
| 8 | An energy policy was , however , not surprisingly not quickly agreed ; it passed only after a long and bitter struggle that extended through most of Carter 's term of office and the package of measures finally agreed was inevitably different and weaker than the one the White House had originally requested . |
| 9 | They were walking on to the long ridge they had been able to see from the cottage window . |
| 10 | The cows moved slowly through the long green grass . |
| 11 | A 12 volt battery is really essential for the mechanical action of the trimmer to work effectively over a long period . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The trial ground on through the long hot summer in Pretoria . |
| 14 | Even so , honest advertisement of strength providing cues that can not be faked may count most in the long run . |
| 15 | They spoke briefly , and to the point , walking slowly towards the long , black limousine that would take Cowley back to CI5 headquarters . |
| 16 | We abandoned the last Munro , especially as it 's a top that can be combined with Meall Greigh to be bagged another day , and staggered down into the long glen that would take us back to our morning starting point . |
| 17 | ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear . |
| 18 | The increase had been won only after a long struggle . |
| 19 | That owes much to the long prosperity of California 's economy and its ( until now ) robust property market . |
| 20 | The way I was doing the deal , everyone was going to have to work together for a long time . ’ |
| 21 | The ridged pasture was falling away in front of Sharpe , sloping down to a long dark oak wood from which a cart track ran north towards a big stone-walled farm that looked like a miniature fort . |
| 22 | Something made me glance over to the long french windows leading to the back verandah , and there she was : Poppy , dressed from head to foot in black . |
| 23 | In Levene v Pearcey [ 1976 ] Crim LR 63 , a taxi-driver falsely told his passenger that the route was blocked and charged more for the longer way . |
| 24 | However , the performance of monocrystalline cells drops off with the longer wavelengths of light in this spectrum . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He was conscious of a growing feeling of peace and well-being as he drew nearer — like a weary traveller returning home after a long and tiring journey . |
| 28 | Excitement for many at the thought of returning home after the long hard years in exile . |
| 29 | Again , do n't worry if you get slightly different results , as your assumptions may differ from ours ( for instance , we have assumed two sheets , two pillowcases and two towels per guest , changed once for the longer of the two conferences ) . |
| 30 | For all that , it had the feel of a city wakening up after a long sleep and beginning to shake off decades of despair . |