Small, dark hands, they looked tanned to the bone by long years of outdoor work.
For 18 years -- for 18 long years -- my party has been in opposition.
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The same systems and practically the same governments had ruled these countries for 40 long years.
Moreover, the long years of opposition have made Labour's leaders expert in the political arts.
For 4 long years he worked hard for the Fortune 500 company while working on his startup.
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But the proceedings were delayed for nine long years, as Polish Telecom tried to stall the case.
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So I want you to remind people that after 10 long years of war -- all right?
The profession is well-known for its long hours, long years of training, and the need for huge dedication.
This was a man whose faith in the cause never flagged over his long years in the field.
She contacted the police but it took them two long years to gather the evidence necessary to prosecute him.
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Why did it take 12 astonishingly long years to find out the truth?
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But perhaps his long years outside France gave Mr de Villepin a rather too rosy view of his compatriots?
This country has been at war for ten long years, ten tough years.
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Then something happened that has not happened in the Nassau Coliseum, the Islanders' dingy arena, in 11 very long years.
Fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs have waited nine long years to be a part of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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And in the long years that followed, a Navy family and this city would endure the heartache of the unknown.
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After four long years, the Tribune Company announced on December 31, that it had completed its restructuring process.
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And, like all those Olympic athletes, the games organisers toiled for seven long years to achieve two glorious weeks in 2012.
Alea iacta est - "the die has been cast" - and it may be long years before it comes to rest.
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Most of all, I ran to stand up for all those who have been invisible to their government for eight long years.
Aside from a public spat in the aftermath of the Iraq war, Labour's long years in power have been a boon to the BBC.
Greece has been given a chance to escape its debt trap but long years of austerity lie ahead and its economy is still shrinking.
The treaty does little to make the European Union any simpler or more transparent, two supposed goals when the negotiations began eight long years ago.
"I light candles in church when I say a prayer, " said Alice Ajak, a mother, who lost two children during the long years of war.
This year Atanor will begin selling glyphosate in agricultural powerhouse Brazil, but it took it 11 long years to get necessary approvals from the government.
Thomas Cooper, 49, spent nine long years as a sales representative--eight of those spent servicing 7-Eleven convenience stores and other shops in and around Detroit.
Reverting from revolutionary fervour to habits inculcated during the long years of Mr Mubarak's rule, weary Egyptians seem inclined to tune out of such disputes.
In four long years of the Carter presidency, the economy floundered.
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Indeed, the UK's powerful response to Hitler and the United States' equally extraordinary mobilization after Pearl Harbor both followed long years of denial and debate.
Chris Dodd of Connecticut touted his long years of experience.
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