We know nothing about this weathered man in his sailboat — a thirty-nine-foot yacht — and we never learn anything about him, except that he likes to be alone on very long trips.
We know nothing about this weathered man in his sailboat a thirty-nine-foot yacht and we never learn anything about him, except that he likes to be alone on very long trips.
If it makes your head spin you might not be alone for very long.
The male crew, it must be remembered, are alone at sea for very long periods.
My grandmother had been alone for a very, very long time.
When we lived in small nomadic groups, being ostracized from our tribes was akin to a death sentence, as no one survived very long alone.
In today's world we can exist happily we we can avoid being alone with ourselves for very long and indeed many structure their lives in advance to ensure maximum occupation.
Given the tangled mess of responsibilities, foreign countries would be expected to stump up.At present, though, even a decent settlement over the land, let alone the refugees, looks a very long way away.
Then, of course, the further question arises: how can any art made of such decay-prone and evanescent materials - goat hair, cheap silk, a beetle's wing, a ratty old chair - last for very long, let alone for ever?
But even then, when young editors or receptionists were obliged to at least glance through a manuscript's opening pages, the odds of spotting a good book, let alone a best seller, were very long.
"You're alone with your thoughts for a very long time.
