Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [prep] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lay back in the long chair . |
| 2 | I sat down in the long grass , puzzled to understand my weakness . |
| 3 | ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear . |
| 4 | It was thus the internal policies of the United States that determined to a great extent who among the indebted nations won and who lost out in the long debt crisis of the 1980s ( Wellons , 1987 ) . |
| 5 | She looked over at the long table . |
| 6 | Later we stretched out on the long benches of the White Horse Farm , comparing our bruises and recounting our 30-mile epic . |
| 7 | He said , ‘ Remember the peasant dance where they came out in the long , hooped skirts and you ca n't see their feet ? |
| 8 | They turned abruptly into the long gardens of the Inner Temple , fenced off from sightseers . |
| 9 | She tugged at Sadie 's sleeve and they walked on down the long aisle of the hall . |
| 10 | Less than a mile to go as they pinged over the three obstacles set close together at the far end of the back straight , and Mill House was ail of three lengths ahead : as they stretched out round the long sweeping turn towards the Pond Fence , the third from home , it really seemed as if he was at last going to take his revenge on Arkle . |
| 11 | Angel 's fingers drummed angrily on the steering wheel as he gazed moodily at the long , straight road ahead of them . |
| 12 | He clambered up behind the long bonnet , onto the padded bucket seat . |
| 13 | Despite the myths which surround the Act , it turned out in the long term to be quite efficient and reasonably humane , but the threat of transition sparked off another series of troubles in Sussex , the last concerted fling of desperation . |
| 14 | Two of us set off up the long path from Aberarder at the mind-bogglingly stupid time of 11.30 a.m . |