Example sentences of "[v-ing] from a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were opportunities to flirt with other passengers , moments when young American women returning from a long tour left mothers and aunts below deck , and , standing a few feet away from Edward , they stared out at the Atlantic . |
| 2 | Institutions , customs , political and cultural traditions stemming from a long pagan past , were still very much alive in it . |
| 3 | The tireless charity worker , who had been suffering from a long illness , had overcome his own difficulties to talk of his hopes and plans for others . |
| 4 | And then I thought I heard voices once , coming from a long way away , but I could n't work out where they were coming from ; and they were so very faint I almost thought I 'd imagined them . |
| 5 | His eyes seemed to be coming from a long way away . |
| 6 | It seemed as if it were coming from a long distance and he waited for a moment , and the moment went into a full minute , and then slowly he opened the door . |
| 7 | Coming from a long line of seafarers , Mr Nelson has been running a pleasure cruise business for many years , taking would-be sailors out on fishing and boating trips . |