Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] by [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In its shadow , in a square of orange brickwork part hidden by the long grass , stood a circular pool . |
| 2 | It involves an arduous ten kilometre run preceded by a long assault course , against the clock , finishing with a shoot on the firing range . |
| 3 | Her startled eyes absorbed the thick , short , golden-streaked hair swept back from a broad forehead , ears long and narrow as a satyr 's which grew close to a beautifully formed skull , a mouth of unutterable sweetness countered by a long jaw carved out of golden teak faintly blurred by a light stubble , and a chin that jutted in a formidable challenge . |
| 4 | At Montego Bay there was an overall shed backed by a long building with an elaborate tower . |
| 5 | So , instead of a long run of one opera followed by a long run of another , operas would only be performed perhaps twice in succession and then not again for two or three weeks , during which other works would be given . |
| 6 | They warm them by pressing them against brood patches , areas of skin naked of feathers which a bird may develop specially for the breeding season or have permanently on its breast concealed by the long feathers growing around them . |
| 7 | It is clear that such a strategy would produce an incorrect parsing when a short word followed by a long word is homophonous with a long word followed by a short word . |
| 8 | Hartland took a fine gully catch to dismiss Russell ; Pringle ran one to Lewis 's one-and-a-half followed by a long walk . |