Example sentences of "[vb past] the long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She straightened the long limbs and pressed the strands of black cotton she had used for hair more firmly into the scalp . |
| 2 | Taunton Vale , the Sun Life West League champions , made the long journey north to meet Brooklands with high hopes of regaining the National League place they lost last season . |
| 3 | He had expended himself so much for the people Eva made the long journey to his funeral as a mark of respect . |
| 4 | JOE McCall ( Stephens ) made the long journey from Dublin for the opening round of the UCF 's ATB Mountainbike League , sponsored by the Cycle Shop Lisburn , at Tardree Forest Park . |
| 5 | Oxford United 's fans , more than fifteen hundred of them made the long journey to Tranmere on Saturday to support their team . |
| 6 | THE first Mormon migrants made the long trek west to what would become Utah in the 1840s to escape religious and political persecution . |
| 7 | I made the long trip with my boys but the unit told me I should not be there . |
| 8 | A team of 123 competitors and 22 officials made the long trip after much media criticism of the small size of the original allocation of places , particularly for athletics . |
| 9 | But there was no semblance of a fluke about the result — it was the fastest Gold Cup ever run — and as Norton 's Coin made the long walk past the stands to the winner 's enclosure he started to receive the reception he deserved . |
| 10 | In the following year the Poles of 300 and 301 Squadrons bombed Berlin , as did the Russians , but it was not until 1942 that the first of the four-engined ‘ heavies ’ made the long flight to this target . |
| 11 | The banks of computers were busy , and together Viktor and Gusev read the long print-outs and the cross-references and the counterchecks on the information . |
| 12 | When she fluttered the long lashes of her baby blue eyes she had the timeless charm of Olive Oyl or Betty Boop . |
| 13 | For no special reason except that it was something new to show him and it avoided the long grind out to the airport the brief shuttle flight and another cab queue . |
| 14 | Sharpe was deliberately curbing the stallion to take shorter slower steps , thus letting the eager Frenchman overtake him , but , just a heartbeat before the sun-bright sabre whipped hard down , Sharpe jerked the long sword back and upwards . |
| 15 | He fondled the long dagger he 'd pushed through his wallet , drawing comfort from its metal coiled handle . |
| 16 | I stroked the long handle of the trowel , wondering if my father had a name for that stick of his . |
| 17 | He used the long passageways to reassure himself that no one followed , before emerging at the start of avenue Foch . |
| 18 | — CIU Honours Alan Frank , committeeman at Shotton Colliery WMC ( the Palms ) received the long service certificate and badge for 25 years service to the club and Ralph Kipling , vice-chairman at Cockfield Social Club for more than 17 years , was presented with the long service award by Durham CIU branch secretary Jack Amos . |
| 19 | When , in a remarkable act of cultural smash-and-grab , working-class youths adopted the long drape jackets as their own uniform — to which they added embellishments such as greased duck-tail haircuts , thick-soled ‘ brothel creeper ’ shoes , slim-jim ties and narrow drain-pipe trousers — no self-respecting gentleman was going to adorn himself in what had now become a vulgar ‘ Ted suit ’ . |
| 20 | Sharpe threw the Dragoon 's blade off then desperately backswung the long sword to meet the second man 's charge . |
| 21 | He considered both were good examples for others to follow and deplored the long petipa ballets which lost their meaning through the inclusion of innumerable divertissements in which : ‘ Petipa only devised new difficulties fur the dancers . ’ |
| 22 | I drove the long way round , debating what to say and do . ’ |
| 23 | His own fear clammying his T-shirt , Trent imagined the long terror the men would suffer , men with no experience of the sea set adrift in the pitch dark and drizzle with the swell building and the rising thunder of surf breaking on the reef ahead . |
| 24 | He trudged the long road to Keswick or often to Wythburn where the carrier , Jackson , would take him to Keswick when the Exhibition was held annually . |
| 25 | Kate Melville and Sue d'Argy Smith , whose daughters left the Church , as so many do , just before they became nubile , each took a hand and gave it a sharp pull , and over their heads came the long arms of Gordon the Bachelor , whose fingers stroked my hair , as countless other key personnel in the body of Christendom , South Wimbledon , stroked , shoved , pulled and all but carried me towards the stage on which I was supposed to pour out the secrets of my heart . |
| 26 | With both hands he smoothed and adjusted the long sausage-roll of cloth that hugged the bottom of the door to keep out those icy draughts ever present in the rest of the house . |
| 27 | But he holed the long putt coming back to keep the match alive after Davies had safely made a par . |
| 28 | It was the sturdy Bates who fielded Morris 's kick in the last second and threw the long pass inside to Davies . |
| 29 | She turned sideways and admired the long sweep of her neck , mentally accessorising the garment . |
| 30 | After a wait of about two hours we joined the long crocodile winding through corridors to the ballroom , with anxious ushers ensuring that we were all in the right order of presentation . |