Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] [art] long [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Published by the Menil Foundation with Mercator Fonds and Thames & Hudson ( £45 ) , it is aimed at a wider readership , but it will be the essential essay for all students keen to learn how a great scholar 's opinions have been honed over the long years spent in the consideration of Magritte 's art . |
| 2 | And then the day arrives when there are too many to pull out any longer , when they gleam bright in one corner of your fringe , when they are stippled throughout the longer strands , when your hairdresser lifts your hair and says , ‘ Hmmm ’ . |
| 3 | About 50mm depth should be left between the long walls and garage floor , for the covering planks to rest on when the pit is not in use . |
| 4 | We were treated to the long diatribes of detailed considerations about the cost of paper clips and God knows what else . |
| 5 | Before Antony Licata styled the alternative look , dashes of golden copper lights were added to the longer areas at the top and sides . |
| 6 | For that last half-hour of the day , the dunes became a deeper gold and were scored with the long shadows of palm trees , whose tops were so green that I fancied that if my arm had been long enough I could have plucked a leaf and eaten it as if it had been parsley . |
| 7 | The undulations in the grass were heightened by the long shadows , and she tripped over . |
| 8 | At 1100 hours all is set and the parade ground is filled by the long ranks of the 180 members of Training Company and the Pegasus Band all awaiting the arrival of the Inspecting Officer , Brigadier Mike Scott DSO CBE , who commanded the 1st Battalion of the Scots Guards in the Falklands War . |
| 9 | The cause of Mr Hemingway 's ‘ uncharacteristic errors ’ — failing to see that the old wire was detached at the fuse end and insulated at the relay end — is attributed to the long hours he worked . |
| 10 | Rhythm was controlled over the long paragraphs ; articulation crystal-clear . |