Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] a long [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the light from the lamp the child blinked his weary eyes , his question muffled by a long noisy yawn . |
| 2 | Then they are playing a semi-blind second shot to a long narrow green , where deft perfection is crucial . |
| 3 | The religious divisions also hardened to a considerable extent into national ones ; Catholicism not only held firm in southern Europe but extended itself northward , Lutheranism failed to root itself outside the Teutonic lands , while Calvinism spread in a long thin arc from Scotland , through France and the Netherlands to Poland and Hungary . |
| 4 | On the second day they gave her a rubber ball attached on a long elastic thread to a wooden bat . |
| 5 | Lots of skirts are beginning to be longer , a berry pattern worn with a long lean cardigan would be splendid . |
| 6 | Likewise , a path of sand and stones leading up to a triptich centred on a long industrial corridor with female figures int he images either side battling as if caught within transparent plastic , their head hidden behind their arms , is marked by a continuous figure-of-eight swirl on the sand . |
| 7 | He was led to his seat by a young woman dressed in a long green velvet skirt and a high-necked , white lace blouse with leg-of-mutton sleeves . |
| 8 | A family likeness can be seen among all the boys , every face dominated by a long curved nose . |