Example sentences of "at [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | His ambivalence is a bespectacled look at the long legs of the divisional commander , which were ‘ like girls sheathed to the neck in shining riding-boots ’ . |
| 2 | She looked over at the long table . |
| 3 | Gronberg , a powerful hitter who won the Rome Classic in the first tournament of the season , gathered an eagle and four of her six birdies at the long holes . |
| 4 | I should have tried harder at the long jump at school |
| 5 | He peered at the long list . |
| 6 | She was anxious at the long absence of her visitor , and at the voices , her mother 's voice in particular , sounding on and on through the afternoon . |
| 7 | If we are above a certain age , we remember Gene Sarazen 's amazing three-wood at the long 15th , which went into the hole and won the jacket for him . |
| 8 | Cooper , who has lopped six to nine inches off his action , made four birdies in his last six holes , with his four at the long 16th the proverbial whisker away from a three . |
| 9 | The birdie at the long 15th was almost routine . |
| 10 | Ingram looked doubtfully at the long table , rocking up and down like a lugger in a gale . |
| 11 | There were seven people seated at the long table . |
| 12 | ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear . |
| 13 | I went , reinforced by my experience at the long X-ray session and the fact that nearly a month had transpired since the photos were taken . |
| 14 | She was admitted , now , to the feasting-hall of the King , and placed at the long women 's table presided over by Marietta of Patras , the King 's serene and excellent mother . |
| 15 | From the corner where she squatted on a stool , she watched Midnight quietly serving the six people sitting at the long table ; n the centre of the room and , in spite of her hunger , was impressed by the careful , unobtrusive way he worked — standing always on the left of each person , never knocking against them or even brushing the backs of their tall chairs . |
| 16 | Meryl crunched a piece of celery with relish and made a covert appraisal of the other guests at the long table . |
| 17 | They turned into the dining room , and gasped at the long row of glowing candles which stretched down the table to the further limits of vision . |
| 18 | He gazed round the sitting room at the long wall of books , the crackling wood fire , the oil of the Victorian prelate above the mantelshelf as if deliberately impressing each item on his mind , then sank into his chair and stretched out his long legs with a small grunt of satisfaction . |
| 19 | Looking at the long sweep of the historical past , Temple had seen that ‘ Historical analogies lead us to one conclusion only ’ — that subject races invariably at some point regain their liberty . |
| 20 | Comparing his grey frozen features with the carved stone angel beside the lectern , looking at the long lit-up scar , and the furrowed forehead as he wrestled with the difficult words , Daisy thought he did n't need to humble or prove himself any more . |
| 21 | Angel 's fingers drummed angrily on the steering wheel as he gazed moodily at the long , straight road ahead of them . |
| 22 | Tom was annoyed at the long silence that followed and was just about to say something when he caught sight of Willie 's face . |
| 23 | I 'm at the long ledge below the final wall of the Nose , where the Direct , Superdirect , and other routes not mentioned by Ron James converge . |
| 24 | The plates are not permanent : they are constantly being replenished by liquid rock gushing up from the Earth 's mantle ( the subsurface layer ) at the long submarine mountain ranges known as the mid-ocean ridges . |
| 25 | At the long wavelengths he observed , the Galactic Centre turned out to be the brightest object in the sky , brighter even than the Sun . |
| 26 | Learner drivers are often frustrated at the long wait for driving tests . |
| 27 | I was usually summoned by telephone and invited round to Downing Street at 8 p.m. , when Wilson would be alone in the Cabinet room , which he preferred to any office or study , and where , sitting at the long Cabinet table , I often found myself in the seat normally occupied by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and enjoyed moments of brief delusional glory ! |
| 28 | Shepherd laughed and looked down , tugging at the long grass . |
| 29 | They stood at the long sash windows of his office and looked out across the building-site . |
| 30 | Planners need to look at the long term provision of locally based day care as well as reviewing current provision in terms of suitability , costs etc . |