Example sentences of "long [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wool was wound on a long stick called a distaff . |
| 2 | I also remember how the knocker-up went around the streets banging at bedroom windows with a long stick to wake the occupants in time to get to work . |
| 3 | The gold of summer faded off Gabriel 's skin , grew down to the tips of his hair , and on days when the wind blew , he shivered at the top of his ladder like a flag at a mast-head , his long shirt billowing full of cold air . |
| 4 | She lay across the big bed with her head thrown back so that her long hair fell like a veil of copper across the coverlet . |
| 5 | Just then the girl dropped her cloak , and her long hair fell on to the shoulders of her red jacket . |
| 6 | There was something familiar about the way the man 's long hair fell at the nape of his neck , and his posture as he knelt in front of a small hoy who was stamping his foot and refusing to kick the ball . |
| 7 | Call for details of treatments , long hair dressing , wedding preparation and image consultancy — just a few of the services on offer . |
| 8 | The part-braided ends of his long hair escaped from the busy fingers which were engaged in their intricate task . |
| 9 | Richard 's hand gripped hers firmly for moment , then he was striding away , his loose coat flapping , his rather long hair ruffled by the wind that stirred the daffodils on the grass around them . |
| 10 | SINGER Michael Bolton 's wedding plans are at risk after his lover , L A Law actress Nicolette Sheridan , told him : ‘ The straggly long hair goes or I go . ’ |
| 11 | Clad in a sparkly jacket and a long black skirt , wreathed in silly string and clumps and strands of paper streamers from party poppers , her long hair bunned , she enveloped me in a very friendly kiss , breathing whisky and wine fumes . |
| 12 | With her long hair drooping round her face and her large , mournful eyes , she looked like a lost basset-hound puppy . |
| 13 | ‘ Long hair worn in a chignon . |
| 14 | I ca n't remember them all now , but I know that no speaking was allowed in the class-rooms , corridors or on the stairs ; no running anywhere indoors ; no borrowing of any kind ; all long hair had to be plaited ; indoor shoes were never to be worn outside , nor outdoor shoes inside , and there were specific shoes for games , gym , hockey and so on ; school uniform was strictly enforced , and hats compulsory . |
| 15 | Her long hair had a faintly mossy look about it . |
| 16 | ‘ You like me , do n't you ? she had asked , her long hair loosened for sleep . |
| 17 | If you 've got long hair ask your stylist to show you how to put it up . |
| 18 | Although crew cuts had been around forever , all-over short hair of ½″ or less started in about '64 & was a conservative-suit-mod staple until '68 when it went even shorter — ¼″ and less & in '69 near-shaven styles ( baldness never caught on ) ½″ or so of hair in the 60s was not as noteworthy as a backward glance might suggest — because long hair got all the publicity , you 'd think that everyone below 25 grew their hair long . |
| 19 | In the kitchen , as she heard the sound of the car driving away , she slumped on to a stool , her long hair spilling over her fingers as she dropped her head into her hands with a heavy groan . |
| 20 | It was rather unusual , he thought , to see a girl with long hair hanging loose . |
| 21 | They are said to have disagreed about the shape of the clerical tonsure , Rome insisting on a variation of the tonsure familiar today while prelates of the Celtic Church shaved the entire frontal section of the head , from the temples to the middle of the scalp , and left long hair hanging behind — the stereotyped modern image of the Druid . |
| 22 | He emerged , shaken and slightly puzzled , long hair filled with leaves which he brushed away . |
| 23 | Young girls with long hair left school and ‘ put up ’ their hair — plaits round the head or ‘ ear-phones ’ . |
| 24 | As he shook his head his long hair parted and Rachel saw the gleam of an earring . |
| 25 | Long hair gets the soft treatment from the Wella System Professional range . |
| 26 | As I did so I became aware of a youngish man with long hair looking at me from the pavemented walk on the Hammersmith side of the river . |
| 27 | Christina had to yell at the top of her voice to be heard above the wind , her long hair whipping across her face . |
| 28 | Did you notice how their attacker with long hair seemed to crouch down and try to catch the ball every time a ball came near , Fairclough was excellent at marking him , I think they wore the same pair of shorts ! |
| 29 | ‘ That idiot Amanda ’ , Hortensia said , ‘ has let her long hair grow even longer during the hols and her mother has plaited it into pigtails . |
| 30 | Then more bodies appeared , drowned children with bleached faces , their long hair brushing hideously across my face . |