We were preparing for bed, the long evening at an end.

It hadn't been such a long evening and night, only a few hours.

It's been a long evening, and not an easy one for me.

He remembered thinking it was going to be a long evening.

"We had a long evening in the Quarter and are ready to sign off."

It had been a long evening, but worth the effort.

The process was far advanced, if not complete, by 1982, when I spent a long evening in their company.

"I've spent many a long evening working on the town budget," he said.

Instead, I recalled a long evening spent as an old man.

It was another long evening with a lot of liquor.