Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [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 | petals strongly and sweetly perfumed , retained over a long period when dried , used in perfumery , potpourris , for perfuming writing paper . |
| 4 | Turning off the lane at a sign marked ‘ Private Road ’ , they bumped over a long , pot-holed track , climbing up towards the brow of the hill . |
| 5 | He moved over a long time ago from playing an SG Standard and an ES-345 when he found his beloved fixed-bridge ‘ 64 Stratocaster , which is standard apart from an extra treble-boost toggle switch . |
| 6 | Eric Pendry himself drew up a long list of recommendations for making these exercises safer . |
| 7 | Putting his hand inside his dirty bomber jacket , he drew out a long , thick kitchen knife and put it on the dashboard . |
| 8 | He delved into a saddlebag and drew out a long , black chain . |
| 9 | Dipping her two hands in the neck of Cissie 's night-shift , Beth drew out the long brown locks , spreading them over the collar and fanning the hair out as it was not altogether dry . |
| 10 | Ellen Harker let out a long breath and relaxed visibly . |
| 11 | It let out a long clang . |
| 12 | She let out a long whistle , and heard him chuckle . |
| 13 | He let out a long , shuddering breath . |
| 14 | He let out a long breath and raised his hands to cover both ears . |
| 15 | He let out a long breath then turned to look at Hitch . |
| 16 | Hans let out a long breath . |
| 17 | Evans let out a long whistle . |
| 18 | Harry let out a long breath . |
| 19 | He let out a long breath . |
| 20 | He let out a long , gasping sigh . |
| 21 | When it slammed behind him she let out a long , shaky breath and felt blindly for a chair , afraid she 'd collapse without some means of support . |
| 22 | Robyn let out a long , quivering breath and felt the treacherous ache in her body . |
| 23 | She let out a long , sobbing shriek . |
| 24 | She let out a long , appreciative sigh . |
| 25 | Improv provides business an professional users with a unique set of capabilities for dynamic viewing and analysis , and , for building spreadsheets that can be easily reused , modified and shared over a long lifecycle . |
| 26 | One bridled gilly held his head high and with effort painful to watch , gulped down a long sand eel , head first . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | With his two daughters , one holding each hand , he came down the long staircase from the top-floor flat . |
| 29 | The cross-examination which followed was alarming , and interspersed with words sounding like hepatitis and malaria as she filled in a long questionnaire with a series of Niets and Das . |
| 30 | And when you wanted to buy something like a three piece suite , you went to somewhere like Bentalls and they took you into a little room , soon as you said to the man well I want to buy this on hire purchase and you went in to a little room and the man sat down and you filled in a long form . |