Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] long [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Married to Jean Desforges , who became European long jump champion , Pickering leaves a son , Shaun , and daughter Kim . |
2 | Slowly I got up and drew some long breaths . |
3 | I looked around the ship , and after a few minutes , I found some long pieces of wood . |
4 | I hid Buff 's laser gun and used some long plants to tie him up . |
5 | Bombay : An official denial of moves to end price controls on steel triggered nervous long liquidation across the board . |
6 | as if to prove his point he drew one long finger over her cheek , trailing it over her bottom lip , his eyes glinting reprovingly when she tried to bite . |
7 | He stroked one long finger down her cheek , and she wondered savagely why , even now , she could n't recoil from his touch . |
8 | He flicked the white silk bow undone , his fingers running through it , inciting shivers of heat to flood her skin as he studied her through those hooded lids , and deliberately stroked one long finger down the nape of her neck and lowered his blue eyes to watch her nipples erect in fierce , unwanted response . |
9 | " Wa-a-a-a , " came another long cry from the guest bedroom . |
10 | He created havoc and caused many long faces amongst the island 's hierarchy by taking six for 16 in 6 overs . |
11 | In California , Diana Russell found that ‘ it was almost exclusively wives who were extremely upset and who claimed great long term effects ’ from marital rape who reported other acts of marital violence to the police , since the rape itself was not a crime . |
12 | There followed three long years of picket lines as the NUJ battled with Pergamon Press chiefs for reinstatement . |
13 | ‘ Not in Europe , Jane , where I spent ten long years looking for an ideal . |
14 | My unwanted guest and I spent five long days and evenings together , with the wind and rain beating on the windows . |
15 | I spent seven long days pining for my new family and staring miserably at two crumpled photos . |
16 | Small grunts of satisfaction broke another long silence . |
17 | The amended regulations which came into force on 1 August 1955 , included two long sentences following the lines of Recommendation 6 : |
18 | Then he took another long drink of beer . |
19 | I picked up the bottle beside me and took another long swig . |
20 | I took another long drag at the Capstan , and inspected my trembling hand . |
21 | It took many long years for the twelve swords to emerge from the workshops of Alaric , long years even for a Dwarf , and , as it proved , more than the lifetime of a man . |
22 | He crossed one long leg over the other , and she was conscious of how virile and masculine he was . |
23 | He raised a mocking dark brow as he sat back in his seat and crossed one long leg over the other , and Fran bit back a sudden urge to snap an answer at him . |
24 | His beer arrived and he took one long sip from it , tilting his head back . |
25 | The robes were of black or crimson velvet — over body armour — and all of those seated at the desks wore identical long masks . |
26 | She took several long mouthfuls of the drink , then looked around for Faye , wanting to make sure this party was n't too taxing for her patient . |
27 | This produced several long skeins of yarn . |
28 | After these words , Mr Ellis then presented each long service employee with an inscribed watch . |
29 | She gave another long sigh . |
30 | On a Creagan a'Choire Etchachan , a line spotted in the summer beside scabbard and crossing Sheath , therefore called Switchblade ( V ) , gave another long day to John Lyall and me . |