Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [prep] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Depending on the piece of mud , you might have to take one club more with a long fairway shot , and give the shot a little extra force in the short game . |
| 2 | He hired a car and took the boy down for a long weekend at the St. Mellion Golf and Country Club . |
| 3 | He had sought and received asylum in the Senegalese embassy in Conakry only a month after his return home from a long period of exile [ see p. 38181 ] . |
| 4 | The atmosphere was not exactly lively but I continued to have lunch there for a long time because she was extremely kind and the food was good . |
| 5 | She moved towards a seat and regarded the girl steadily for a long moment . |
| 6 | or touching it and that pad should be big enough to cover the wound , so you should something , overlaps , alright , and then if you find , if you unwrap the roll a little bit further , you do n't want to unroll it completely , your see that if while you 're using it in practice you need to roll it up again backwards towards the back of the bandage like so , we 'll roll it up again , backwards and when you get to the bandage you just fold the bandage up around the long end and wind the short end round it firmly and there it 's ready for use again in practice , you would n't of course do that for real would you ? |
| 7 | Steps to the left lead up to a long stretch of path which continues parallel to the road . |
| 8 | Whatever war was being fought below them was taking place either at the long range of bombardment or the short range of a brawl . |
| 9 | We may not see this place again for a long time . ’ |
| 10 | Before he 'd even put the head down after a long flight to Glasgow , Lindi was expressing his confidence about Monday 's outcome . |
| 11 | But it is an agreement which is " restrictive of trade " in this sense , that it requires a man to give his services and wares to one person only for a long term of years to the exclusion of all others . |
| 12 | James Menzies and the McLaggans , riding on horses , led the rest away on the long climb of the hill to Dunskiag , a gaunt treeless place where the owner lived without a woman and three great staghounds with long coarse hair slavered to get at them , wrenching their chains . |
| 13 | As she was saying good-bye to him on the last day , she knew that they would n't see each other again for a long time . |
| 14 | Letting his breath out on a long sigh , he changed his mind . |
| 15 | Outside , Mitch let his breath out in a long sigh of relief . |
| 16 | Gazzer let his breath out in a long exhalation of relief . |
| 17 | Marcus stared into his beer broodingly for a long minute . |
| 18 | We peeped through the purpose-made hole on to a long tyke and waited hopefully … bearded reedling ? water rail ? bittern ? |
| 19 | However , readers are advised to phone the Club Secretary on before a long journey to check on meeting and/or speakers etc . |
| 20 | They argue , on pragmatic grounds , that judges must sometimes act as if people had legal rights , because acting that way will serve society better in the long run . |
| 21 | It occurs word medially between two short vowels , between a long and short vowel , or word finally after a long vowel . |
| 22 | Beside it is a small round table on which can be seen a photograph of my wife and me with our three elder children ; then there is an armchair also with a long seat and a dark-blue dog bed for our two spaniels beside another table with books and magazines . |
| 23 | I do n't accept dinner invitations and I have a small snack in my hotel room and go to bed immediately after a long flight . |
| 24 | Aha this was a man who had been a joiner there for a long time . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't want to do theatre again for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 26 | Fat sticky horse chestnut buds ; coal-black ash buds with green flower clusters in pairs on the branches ; reddish-brown oak buds splitting open to reveal tiny glossy yellow-green leaves : trees were coming to life again after the long winter |
| 27 | He kept the shoulders stiff and he rolled a little , like a sailor back from a long voyage . |
| 28 | I went to the sink and turned the cold tap on for a long drink to combat the dehydration . |
| 29 | That was not unusual on the Monday after a tournament , so I decided to drive to his house in Clapham in the hope that I might intercept him either on the way in from a long lunch or on the way out for a pre-prandial drink . |
| 30 | If a cat performs some very strange action — finds its way home over a long distance , predicts an earthquake , or senses the return of its owners when they are some distance from the house — then it is a challenge for us to try and find out which particular sensory pathway was involved . |