Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [prep] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I liked the way the usherette threaded the torn half-tickets on to a long string so they made a branch of monkey-puzzle tree . |
| 2 | Like rearlights away up the long road |
| 3 | Depending on the piece of mud , you might have to take one club more with a long fairway shot , and give the shot a little extra force in the short game . |
| 4 | She set all the animals out in a long line , headed by the lions ; a circus parade carved from wood and delicately coloured . |
| 5 | He hired a car and took the boy down for a long weekend at the St. Mellion Golf and Country Club . |
| 6 | He had sought and received asylum in the Senegalese embassy in Conakry only a month after his return home from a long period of exile [ see p. 38181 ] . |
| 7 | Most accountants would be only too happy to go home and put their feet up after a long day at the office . |
| 8 | Lucy was also aware that Doreen 's previous anger appeared to have vanished as she carried refilled plates back to the long table , where she chatted and laughed with the men and the two guides . |
| 9 | The atmosphere was not exactly lively but I continued to have lunch there for a long time because she was extremely kind and the food was good . |
| 10 | She moved towards a seat and regarded the girl steadily for a long moment . |
| 11 | Never wipe Rosie and Jim off for a long time . |
| 12 | or touching it and that pad should be big enough to cover the wound , so you should something , overlaps , alright , and then if you find , if you unwrap the roll a little bit further , you do n't want to unroll it completely , your see that if while you 're using it in practice you need to roll it up again backwards towards the back of the bandage like so , we 'll roll it up again , backwards and when you get to the bandage you just fold the bandage up around the long end and wind the short end round it firmly and there it 's ready for use again in practice , you would n't of course do that for real would you ? |
| 13 | Steps to the left lead up to a long stretch of path which continues parallel to the road . |
| 14 | These words of wisdom remind me of a student who came to see me many years ago after the long vacation during which she had begun her undergraduate dissertation ( with another tutor who had left the university that summer , I must emphasize ) . |
| 15 | Whatever war was being fought below them was taking place either at the long range of bombardment or the short range of a brawl . |
| 16 | We may not see this place again for a long time . ’ |
| 17 | Before he 'd even put the head down after a long flight to Glasgow , Lindi was expressing his confidence about Monday 's outcome . |
| 18 | But it is an agreement which is " restrictive of trade " in this sense , that it requires a man to give his services and wares to one person only for a long term of years to the exclusion of all others . |
| 19 | James Menzies and the McLaggans , riding on horses , led the rest away on the long climb of the hill to Dunskiag , a gaunt treeless place where the owner lived without a woman and three great staghounds with long coarse hair slavered to get at them , wrenching their chains . |
| 20 | Similarly , we can say that the purchase of a new machine by a firm is investment — the machine itself will not yield utility to anyone in the current period but will produce ( or help to produce ) consumer goods probably for a long time into the future . |
| 21 | As she was saying good-bye to him on the last day , she knew that they would n't see each other again for a long time . |
| 22 | It would become known as the Aladdin Sane Retirement Tour of Great Britain , comprising over 40 appearances and culminating at Hammersmith Odeon for the famous final concert of June 3 , 1973 , when David announced his ‘ retirement ’ and that he would n't perform live concerts again for a long time — not for two or three years at least . |
| 23 | Letting his breath out on a long sigh , he changed his mind . |
| 24 | Outside , Mitch let his breath out in a long sigh of relief . |
| 25 | Gazzer let his breath out in a long exhalation of relief . |
| 26 | Marcus stared into his beer broodingly for a long minute . |
| 27 | We peeped through the purpose-made hole on to a long tyke and waited hopefully … bearded reedling ? water rail ? bittern ? |
| 28 | However , readers are advised to phone the Club Secretary on before a long journey to check on meeting and/or speakers etc . |
| 29 | They argue , on pragmatic grounds , that judges must sometimes act as if people had legal rights , because acting that way will serve society better in the long run . |
| 30 | Is the community so anxious that its judges not behave as pragmatists that this " noble lie " will help him serve its true interests better in the long run ? |