Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] long [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Duke arranged for a long avenue Or lime trees to be planted alongside a driveway leading from the main road that ran westward from London ( Chiswick High Road ) and sweeping into his Chiswick House grounds and , despite having been cut in two by the dual carriageway of the Great West Road Extension , it still remains as Dukes Avenue . |
| 2 | ‘ Was n't I the best prospect Bermondsey 'ad for a long time before I got me wound ? ’ he asked . |
| 3 | Alternatively , try to find the sort of rectangular table that can also double as a long desk or work table when required . |
| 4 | This achieves much more in the long run than attempting to concentrate for a long time until fatigue sets in . |
| 5 | He would gaze for a long time and , when Gabriel had finished his tasks , would settle again until the ghost reinforced itself somewhere else a few days later . |
| 6 | However , the level of total exports and of exports of manufactures rose throughout the long boom and the 1970s . |
| 7 | He usually bedded down on newspapers and covered himself with an old blanket which he sometimes left in the porch , ready for the next night , and sometimes took away , rolled into a long wad and tied around his stomach with string . |
| 8 | Aggie drew in a long breath and glanced at the child before answering Ben . |
| 9 | He dabbled in the long jump until the age of twenty-four and then decided to switch to the sprints . |
| 10 | Their horses were fresher , and gradually closed on Sharpe who , to spare the mare 's strength , tried to avoid the worst hills , but he eventually found himself trapped in a long valley and was forced to put the mare at a steep grass slope which led to a bare skyline . |
| 11 | Such accommodation can often be let on a long lease or sold to raise a capital sum . |
| 12 | The parlour had come on a long way since I was a boy . |
| 13 | There is the standard , spacious , minimally-furnished living room , tastefully carpeted in subdued oatmeal and dominated by a long sofa and oversized TV . |
| 14 | It was still dominated by the long nose and wide mouth , also by eyes of an intense pale blue , which always seemed to focus sharply and penetratingly on whoever he was talking to . |
| 15 | We have argued for a long time that there is a peripheral argument that in the strategic interests of the nation we should be concerned about the coal industry . |
| 16 | ‘ She suffered for a long time and although her father never knew about it , her mother did . ’ |
| 17 | The clothes had not been disturbed for a long time and were as thick and tangled as jungle foliage . |
| 18 | I 've been pushing for a long time but erm down here ? |
| 19 | ‘ I have felt for a long time that the only way this issue was going to be resolved was to have it fixed on a political level — that it would n't just fade away . |
| 20 | Basilican churches continued to be built for a long time but many variations of form developed , with one dominant theme : a dome , or domes over an open space below . |
| 21 | But she , you know , it was built for a long time before she got anything in it . |
| 22 | No , she actually just , I have n't seen for a long time so she can have one of these . |
| 23 | In 1805 Jesty gave his evidence in London at the institute 's invitation , when he was presented with a long testimonial and pair of gold-mounted lancets . |
| 24 | He saw Celia sitting under a large cedar tree in the garden when he drove up the long drive and swung the car round into the forecourt . |
| 25 | Do these exercises whilst looking into a long mirror and do them smoothly . |
| 26 | As to GATT , a trade war between America and Europe would be bad for people 's stand of living in the long run but it would n't have much direct effect on Courtaulds . |
| 27 | This is the highest quality educational package I have seen in a long time and is well worth registering . |
| 28 | The main changes will be seen in the long run when you look back , so it is sometimes useful to have photographs taken of yourself just before , and just after , your course of lessons . |
| 29 | then you see or somebody you know looking at the long jump and they 're muttering away to themselves . |
| 30 | Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show . |