Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a long [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone got a long pole and closed the shutter . |
| 2 | Joe and I mean I come a long way and they said he told them I wan na pop in Friday morning before we go He was surprised He said well I were n't surprised , I said but er you know I want a name yeah well , he just said well I ca n't he ca n't fault me on anything . |
| 3 | ‘ At the same time , there was one other bit of me that was very practical that realized that the only money to be made if you were to stay in England — and I never thought of going anywhere else — was to get into commercials , and I waited a long time until a script came along that I thought was genuinely funny . |
| 4 | To illustrate , let us consider the case of a word overlapping with two other candidates , the first of which has a long definition and the second has a short definition . |
| 5 | In middle age he has experienced a breakdown , an identity crisis , which followed a long illness and an operation . |
| 6 | Sage , rosemary and lavender need no visual description , though it is not always realized that sage has spikes of vividly blue-mauve flowers which last a long time and are highly magnetic to bees . |
| 7 | Pushing all the forceps to one side he almost ran from the room and reappeared shortly with a tray on which reposed a long chisel and a metal mallet . |
| 8 | I suppose it will come right in the end its taken a long while because look at that lump there |
| 9 | When finally he released her she drew a long breath and mumbled inarticulately into his shirt front , ‘ I do n't know what 's wrong with me . |
| 10 | Taking comfort from the thought , she drew a long breath and Giles turned . |
| 11 | At last , seeing the impatient glint in his eyes , she drew a long breath and said , ‘ I 've been thinking things over — thinking very deeply — and I 've come to the conclusion that your idea of merging our two practices is , after all , the most sensible solution to our problem . ’ |
| 12 | You walk a long way when you go to , across Crackside . |
| 13 | Now , do you hear a long beep and a short beep , a long beep and a short beep ? |
| 14 | ‘ After seeing the PM you took a long leave and then came back . |
| 15 | Cut sprigs of cherry laurel and yew from their main branches ensuring you leave a long stem and securely push them into the cane ring until the circle is complete |
| 16 | When he had vanished from sight she expelled a long sigh and allowed the mask to slip away from her face , slowing returning to her towel and lying down flat on it . |
| 17 | She had a long face and such a naked forehead , Daisy found herself turning her into a polo pony . |
| 18 | She sat dry-eyed for what felt like hours , then she had a long bath and washed her hair . |
| 19 | They were in desks , you had a long desk that took Now some of them they took five on the one the one desk , you see ? |
| 20 | We ride a long way and in late afternoon ( sun time rather than clock time , which has long ceased to be important to us ) we stop for coffee so that Odd-Knut can work out a route . |
| 21 | So she came and talked to 'em we had a long chat and actually I mean it er does sound very interesting . |
| 22 | ‘ We had a long talk when we had dinner together , ’ Haverford said out of a silence in respect of the dead . |
| 23 | My er , circumstances are entirely different , I am the person who 's being cared for and my husband died in nineteen eighty seven , and my son in nineteen eighty eight and I was left with my young son , and he looked after me on his own , and then my daughter who li , I was living in Ireland , my daughter lived in England , and she decided it was n't good enough that it should all be left to him , so we had a long talk and we discussed it at length for two weeks at Christmas , and then they all moved Sou , over here , we got a house in Scotland , and I 'm looked after by my young son and my daughter , and since then a year ago my daughter got married , her husband moved in and he looks after me as well , so I 'm looked after by three young adults . |
| 24 | They found a long platform and the remains of a goods shed . |
| 25 | They exchanged a long look as they both thought of the kisses they had shared , and Shelley 's furious rebuke . |
| 26 | The Triton tubes are more expensive , but they provide a great deal of light for their size , they last a long time and they do not fade with age . |
| 27 | Leeds do play a lot of football , but they hit a long ball as well . |
| 28 | It was a relief to all of them when at half-past ten Robina got up and declared firmly that they had a long journey and must now go . |
| 29 | Fortunately , Viktor valued him and they had a long association before he ever worked with Irina . |
| 30 | They waited a long time while the hounds drew the covert . |