Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] a long [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hereford were outplayed in the early stages until Derek Hall sent a long ball upfield … |
| 2 | Giovanna 's husband acquired a long garden cane , which had been supporting a tottering mallow , and with it established the depth . |
| 3 | We had a small walled garden and oblong of grass and , though Father kept a long side bed gay with red geraniums , white marguerites and blue lobelia , capable of standing up to the odd cricket ball and the games we children were able to play in the few remaining square yards behind beggared description but we had the whole Heath beyond . |
| 4 | The secret operation followed a long period gathering information on criminals in the town . |
| 5 | The unit had a long servicing history |
| 6 | Model biles prepared with phosphatidylserine had a longer nucleation time ( 20 days ) than those prepared with phosphatidylethanolamine or phosphatidylcholine having the same fatty acid composition . |