Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For my part , I endured a long disquisition on the Tractarians from a young and opinionated university liberal . |
| 2 | I 'ad a long stint wiv Galloway an' I was gutted when I got the push an' we 'ad ter get out o' the 'ouse . |
| 3 | I realized a long time ago why you were so set on Charlie and me marrying , and I 'm very fond of him , and I 'd like to go on living at Lady Mead for the rest of my life . |
| 4 | I got a long way to go to get to high class . |
| 5 | As soon as the train started , I drew a long breath of relief . |
| 6 | ‘ I came a long way to say I 'm sorry , ’ Leonora reminded him . |
| 7 | As it happened , speaking a number of languages , I had more access to the room in which the drivers were locked up than most , and I filed a long despatch to The Times about the issues in the strike and the feeling among the drivers . |
| 8 | It was best not to wonder , for I faced a long journey in what remained of the Maggot 's plane . |
| 9 | That is why I allowed a long run on question 1 today — It was longer than I would normally allow . |
| 10 | I spent a long time photographing the falls , taken with their grace . |
| 11 | I spent a long time reading the advertisements . |
| 12 | So I spent a long time trying to hide the place . |
| 13 | It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room . |
| 14 | I spent a long time diving frantically after them , jamming the sheet at a bunch only to see half of them streaking out the other end , and I might have gone on indefinitely had I not felt a gentle touch on my arm . |
| 15 | I know it sounds thin , sir , but I spent a long time getting no further than that and I do n't think we shall do better until we have an angle — some sort of leverage . ’ |
| 16 | Silver and I followed a long way behind the rest , and I had to help him . |
| 17 | I knew a long time ago it was n't right when he wanted to … . ’ |
| 18 | When I turned I saw a long patch of the fluorescent dye that the Germans carried staining the sea a light yellow-green but could not pick out the pilot . |
| 19 | I took a long way round to Ramon 's friend 's address and told him what had happened . |
| 20 | Immediately after leaving SIS , I took a long holiday in Italy . |
| 21 | Mind you yours took a long time , you know that bump Tom had going to his |
| 22 | So I bought a long top , which came well below my hips , to wear with them . |
| 23 | I had a long conversation the other day with one of the UK 's major guitar distributors about how explicit we should be in reviews . |
| 24 | In England for the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch , I had a long conversation with James , of which I recall principally that it was about fate . |
| 25 | We moved in with them , although it meant I had a long journey to the hospital every day and I had to sleep there when I was on call , and we stayed with them until he was nine . |
| 26 | So I had a long chat with the , with the cleansing officer and the main point |
| 27 | I had a long chat with during the trip when , amongst other topics , we recalled the days of the agricultural show season and some of the hectic times we had , especially at the Norfolk and Suffolk shows . |
| 28 | By now I had a long list of prospective release sites and sound experience behind me , so things went pretty much according to plan . |
| 29 | After sharpening the other end , I had a long needle , which has since proved of value in a number of other jobs . |
| 30 | I had a long wait . |