Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] and a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had seen little of the house apart from a gloomy garden and a long corridor which led from the entrance hall to the room in which they had been received . |
| 2 | I I 've learnt the Pitman school but to a basic level and a long time ago and a lot of it is now forgotten . . |
| 3 | He has a bald head and a long beard , the combined effect of which is to make it appear as though his head is stuck on upside down . |
| 4 | The west wing , where spacious living quarters should have been sited , consists of a bath-suite , dining room and kitchen , while the north wing has a large bath-suite and a long range of rooms , most of them quite small , all entered from a corridor . |
| 5 | A long desk and a long seat . |
| 6 | He has a long nose and a long face . |
| 7 | I have no — ‘ You have a black coat and a long tongue , Angus — they can hear you from the back of the crowd . ’ |
| 8 | May I wish all our new pensioners , along with the existing ones , and all their families , good health and a long retirement . |
| 9 | It is not a question of being frightened of the dark ( although it can be pretty spooky on an out-of-the-way water ) , it is because I enjoy good company and a long night becomes more enjoyable with someone there to chat with ; to share the pleasure of catching big fish , or the lesser pleasure of blanking . |
| 10 | He 'd tell him , he 'd get his orders from the office , cos the Deputy Harbourmaster he would go down all the sound he sound in river and see what wanted taken out , then he 'd say to my father I 'll dredge at so and so belo below docksill and docksill what they used to do they used to , my father what he 'd do he 'd put stakes on the mud , a short stake and a long stake on account of the tide and he 'd , he 'd make an imaginary on that stake , then he 'd go ashore at Wolverston , phone up what have you got on your docksill , the fella might say it 's ten feet , well he 'd say right we 'll make that twenty feet , so that 's er , that 's what he used to work on to dredge the river . |
| 11 | By contrast , Parkhurst , with long-term high-security prisoners , a badly-sited chapel and a long tradition of low attendance , has between ten and twenty men at the Eucharist . |
| 12 | Eyes down for a full house and a long run . |
| 13 | Sapt was carrying a long rope and I had a short , thick stick and a long knife . |
| 14 | Both men and women wear the carapuça , a small dark blue cap , with red trimming and a long stalk in the middle . |
| 15 | The train-shed arched over the adjacent pavement and a long colonnade carried pedestrians along the side of the station as though rather hoping that they would become passengers . |
| 16 | He looked so shabby , in a battered hat and a long overcoat , although the day was very warm . |
| 17 | Across the river , standing out against a background of emerging green vegetation , was a large bird with marbled black and brown cryptic plumage and a long bill . |
| 18 | For example the covered call is a combination of a written call and a long position in the underlying security . |