Example sentences of "[vb past] down [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sub David Cork was brought down by Wes Saunders after Cusack headed down a long punt by Prudhoe , but Cook , taking the responsibility instead of the absent Lee Ellison , blasted his spot kick too close to Gareth Howells and the keeper pushed the ball away . |
| 2 | We fled down a long avenue towards the river . |
| 3 | One bridled gilly held his head high and with effort painful to watch , gulped down a long sand eel , head first . |
| 4 | Without a moment 's delay Aunt Tossie got up and sailed down the long room , the ends of her boa floating out behind her , careless majesty in her gait . |
| 5 | With his two daughters , one holding each hand , he came down the long staircase from the top-floor flat . |
| 6 | Most of my friends collapsed thankfully on to their beds , but I slunk down the long flights of stone stairs and took up a position in the foyer where I could watch the front door . |
| 7 | We trotted down the long flights of stairs and I followed her out through the front door . |
| 8 | Lucy sounded hesitant as Virginia turned down the long curving drive of the house , pulled the estate car into the shade of the cedar tree and cut the engine . |
| 9 | He opened the throttle as he turned left into Station Road The burble of the exhaust turned to a bellow as he raced down the long gentle slope towards Newtown . |
| 10 | She walked down the long red-carpeted aisle of St Paul 's Cathedral a commoner . |
| 11 | Wine glasses will look effective arranged down a long dinner table , alternating single large blooms with groups of tiny flowers . |
| 12 | He did not look up as she advanced down the long and beautiful room . |
| 13 | She looked down the long ride to where , at the distant foot of its slope , the lake shuddered in the wind . |
| 14 | We swayed down the long baggage car , which was half empty of freight and very noisy , and George , having told me to remove and lay aside my waistcoat in case I got oil on it , unlocked the door at the far end . |
| 15 | The armies that came to Lebanon marched down a long , dull tunnel that inevitably ended in brown smoke and pieces of flesh . |
| 16 | The commandos blew in its steel door , and , leaving Chamberlain , who could hardly help himself along , to guard it , they ran down the long stairway to the pumps 40 feet below . |