Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] the long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ingram looked doubtfully at the long table , rocking up and down like a lugger in a gale . |
| 2 | The courtyard was no longer floodlit but the moon was brilliant , filling the room with light , and Maggie slid from her bed and went quickly to the long window that led to the veranda . |
| 3 | Whether that would have been , at that time , for the benefit of the mass of the Chinese people we 're talking about erm I do n't think I , I rather think that the er turn that Mao took probably in the long run , in the long term , was to the benefit of the mass of people erm the peasantry , the workers in China because I think the alternative would have been erm international exploitation . |
| 4 | Helen asked me to explain what I meant , and listened carefully to the long story of what I had suffered at Gateshead . |
| 5 | Jules took a piece of pandoli and chewed contentedly on the long biscuit . |
| 6 | All went well on the long trip to the Jebel mountains and from there the intrepid raiding party set off for their target . |
| 7 | It stopped for a moment , then went quietly into the long grass and disappeared for ever . |
| 8 | " I 'm sorry , " Patrick said eventually into the long silence which followed . |
| 9 | At the junction with the road she braked just long enough to see that nothing was coming then turned right and careered wildly down the long hill into the village . |
| 10 | Bodie and Ray Doyle sat casually behind the long table that faced the Coroner 's desk itself . |