Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] in [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She set all the animals out in a long line , headed by the lions ; a circus parade carved from wood and delicately coloured . |
| 2 | Outside , Mitch let his breath out in a long sigh of relief . |
| 3 | Gazzer let his breath out in a long exhalation of relief . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | ‘ Doping makes people so distrustful that if someone jumps two cms longer in a long jump , a cm higher in the pole-vault or lifts 2.5 kgs more than I do , the accusation is there . ’ |
| 7 | The idle flap of the hand again , and round the next corner was another tank , then a third , hull down in the long grass like old dogs sunning themselves on a lazy day . |