Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | One Monday morning I lay in bed looking out of my skylight window at nothing in particular ; there was n't anything to see except sky because the window was merely a hole in the roof which you could open or shut with a long wooden handle . |
| 2 | She felt his chest rise and fall on a long , slightly unsteady intake of breath . |
| 3 | You have to be sure the bird is very hungry , and if it 's not you have to sit down and wait for a long , long time . |
| 4 | Having chosen your leather corals carefully , and provided them with a good aquarium environment , they should grow steadily and live for a long time ( ten years has been reported ) , and possibly even reproduce . |
| 5 | Many are a temporary condition but there are certain types which are difficult to treat and last for a long time . |
| 6 | Here in the great saloon , light and airy with its tall mullioned windows facing north and south , its smart bolection moulding around the panelling and its groaning tables of food , the men would congregate and feast after a long morning 's deer hunting in the park . |
| 7 | High above them the constant roof of clouds would merely lighten and darken in a long solar axial period of 116.8 days . |