Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the second day they gave her a rubber ball attached on a long elastic thread to a wooden bat . |
| 2 | At Montego Bay there was an overall shed backed by a long building with an elaborate tower . |
| 3 | From the spot in the hedgerow where the four German soldiers had come from a white flag tied to a long piece of wood had suddenly appeared . |
| 4 | Then they are playing a semi-blind second shot to a long narrow green , where deft perfection is crucial . |
| 5 | This consists of a heavy studded ball suspended on a long chain hanging from a pole . |
| 6 | Her startled eyes absorbed the thick , short , golden-streaked hair swept back from a broad forehead , ears long and narrow as a satyr 's which grew close to a beautifully formed skull , a mouth of unutterable sweetness countered by a long jaw carved out of golden teak faintly blurred by a light stubble , and a chin that jutted in a formidable challenge . |
| 7 | Depending on where your drive ends up you will face a tricky second shot to a long , narrow green . |
| 8 | It is clear that such a strategy would produce an incorrect parsing when a short word followed by a long word is homophonous with a long word followed by a short word . |
| 9 | So , instead of a long run of one opera followed by a long run of another , operas would only be performed perhaps twice in succession and then not again for two or three weeks , during which other works would be given . |
| 10 | Best editor seen for a long time . |
| 11 | He was led to his seat by a young woman dressed in a long green velvet skirt and a high-necked , white lace blouse with leg-of-mutton sleeves . |
| 12 | The second concerns a love for God which is a gift and has nothing to do with learning ( c.5-7 ) ; this itself has two aspects covering that which is experienced sporadically by both actives and contemplatives , and a stabler devotion given after a long process of discipline in which the contemplative feels a " grete rest of bodie and of soule " ( 7.282a. – 81 ) . |
| 13 | This species has a finely toothed margin ; a large , wide leaf born on a long stem . |