Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] long " in BNC.

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1 This seemed to quieten Oliver ; his screams died down into long , big sobs that made him shake all over .
2 At times like these , while I am watching a midnight sunset or sunrise , I shed a tear for those poor campers putting up with long hours of dark in the Himalayas or the like .
3 If astronauts go off on long journeys , in any direction in three-dimensional space , they 'll get to the boundary of our universe .
4 Neither did the men gliding by in long jellabas and pointed hoods .
5 ABOVE Experiments can be done to find out how ditches silt up over long periods of time , how earthworks erode , and how finds move .
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