But most often they had the road to themselves for long stretches.

She was out of the country for long stretches, too.

It is as though I had before me nothing more than a long stretch of living death.

It's not like they've even been especially bad for long stretches.

He says it's a long stretch of road and you need at least two service areas.

But like many others who have been here for a long stretch, he is ready to go home.

He also spent long stretches of his day in bed.

It was difficult working away from family for such long stretches.

After that, I'd be able to go for longer stretches of time.

"Our team is prepared to play for a long stretch without him."

Writing them kept him from his family for long stretches.

To get up here we had to go through a long stretch of rising country.

The ideas that made up the story came together over a long stretch of time.

For long stretches of the day, its outside door is locked.

"But it was a long stretch and I had to be patient."

For long stretches, he didn't write to her at all.

There was one long stretch where the magic had gone away.

He knew this was the beginning of a long stretch as coach.

The long stretch of money bait had been found first.

For days, he spent long stretches in his office, door closed, on the phone to friends.

The thought of a long stretch in prison can do that to a person.

At the peace he found himself on the beach for the first long stretch of time since 1779.

But long stretches of Sunday's set had little to do with rock.

We do not have adequate data for longer stretches of American history.

There were still long stretches when I needed to drop everything to be with him.