Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] long [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trial ground on through the long hot summer in Pretoria . |
| 2 | The cows moved slowly through the long green grass . |
| 3 | This was t I mean when you think about it er it was good fun and er eventually people realized what was happening and of course they knew what was happening but that went on for a long long time . |
| 4 | Raskolnikov is one of the others , though it 's only through the long crime-and-punishment process that he comes to understand this : he had ‘ wanted something more ’ — more than our mere-existence rain . |
| 5 | ‘ Why do n't you just get out of this car and come inside for a long cool drink and a long cool swim and admit defeat ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 've heard so much about you , ’ she said to me , as though settling herself in for a long cosy chat . |
| 7 | There had been times , especially after a long busy night at the club , when she had been severely tempted to just throw in the towel and thumb through the Yellow Pages to find the nearest painter and decorator to hand . |
| 8 | They were looking down into a long dark cellar , lit by a brazier at one end . |
| 9 | The captain joined in with a long raucous song , beating time on the tea tray . |
| 10 | After 1772 the " turnpike mania " settled down in a long steady progress to an eventual 22,000-mile peak in 1836 , accelerated only in the widespread speculative investment booms of the early 1790s , 1809 – 12 and the mid 1820s . |
| 11 | The omnipresent cul-de-sac , for example , lowered speeds but not enough for child safety , especially on the long straight legs . |
| 12 | Our first sight of the island was a sharp mountain peak jutting through the low cloud which unfortunately spoiled our view , but in minutes we were through the cloud and touching down on the long black runway which ran parallel to the shores of the fiord . |
| 13 | The ridged pasture was falling away in front of Sharpe , sloping down to a long dark oak wood from which a cart track ran north towards a big stone-walled farm that looked like a miniature fort . |
| 14 | Looking down at the long fair hair flowing over her shoulders , at the skimpy dress , the unlived-in face , he felt immeasurably old for not wanting to sweep her off there and then and make passionate love to her . |
| 15 | arguments , all of which can be developed only by a long mental soak in the subject . |
| 16 | Mr Nyers was speaking shortly after a long procedural wrangle on the method of electing the new leadership . |
| 17 | Something made me glance over to the long french windows leading to the back verandah , and there she was : Poppy , dressed from head to foot in black . |
| 18 | Excitement for many at the thought of returning home after the long hard years in exile . |
| 19 | Sally wanted something smaller , preferably with a long silky coat and a bow in its top-knot . |
| 20 | She made off along a long marble-floored corridor . |
| 21 | Well , why not kick off with a long tropical cocktail in Trader Sam 's beach bar — freshly picked fruits , a tall glass , a cascade of ice , and a healthy splash of something a little stronger ! |
| 22 | She stopped a few feet away , so that she was hidden by the curtains , and fixed her gaze unblinkingly on the long black Mercedes that was heading sedately up the driveway . |
| 23 | He set off on a long rambling account of something that had happened in the bar that afternoon . |
| 24 | Dunvegan Castle stands on the edge of the sea , and looks up along the long narrow Loch Dunvegan to the north-west . |
| 25 | In the case of the Hundred Years War , the causes of the conflict were to be found both in the long historic links between England and France , links which were gradually becoming weaker , and in the need to express in new terms the relationship between the two countries ( arguably the two most powerful in western society in the late Middle Ages ) taking into account elements such as national consciousness and diverging methods of government ( to name but two ) which historians recognise as being characteristic of late medieval European society as a whole . |
| 26 | Mum kept out of sight until he had left , then down the stairs she came , all dressed up in a long black taffeta dress , which rustled when she moved . |
| 27 | I glanced at her , trying to hide my embarrassment with a swift and flippant response , but I could think of nothing to say and so I looked back at the binnacle , then up to the long moon-burnished sea ahead . |
| 28 | Despite these adaptations , when the surrounding soil dries out during the long dry season , the toads may still lose considerable amounts of body water . |
| 29 | But I mean these erm do it yourself places have been open for , well defied the law now for a long long time have n't they ? |
| 30 | Colour another 225g 18oz ) of the marzipan green , and roll out into a long wide strip . |