Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some were more active than any predecessor against some particular organism , and some had special merits in use , such as working when given by mouth , or acting for a longer period than usual . |
| 2 | Nathaniel Sherman stumbled slightly at the entrance of his hut , and his wife heard him cursing and fumbling for a long time with the flap fastenings . |
| 3 | The normal daily routine involved getting up at around 6am and stopping for a long lunch at midday in order to avoid the most intense heat . |
| 4 | Meanwhile people went in and out of the pharmacy but only two women of conceivably Agnes 's age : one very tall and striding in a long ethnic-of-somewhere skirt the other short and waddling , flat-heeled long blonde hair dark jacket and beret and a huge shoulder bag . |
| 5 | Do these exercises whilst looking into a long mirror and do them smoothly . |
| 6 | Riots in the United States were once described as continuing through a long hot summer . |