Example sentences of "[vb past] to a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I crossed wet ground and came to a long , open piece of sand , then went on to a place where the trees had branches that were thick and close to the sand . |
| 2 | And he went on his way with the youngest brother until they came to a long glade in the forest . |
| 3 | The pavement had been much repaired , and it was difficult to synchronise his steps so that the middle of each foot fell exactly on the cracks between the paving stones , but with some concentration and a few judicious half-steps he managed it ; then he came to a long blue-grey line of asphalt where a pipe had obviously been repaired , and walked along that instead free from the worry of the paving stones between the cracks . |
| 4 | The Bethnal Greeners of the 1950s who believed that to live together was an invitation to ‘ open conflict ’ belonged to a long tradition . |
| 5 | Emily guided Mungo through a gate at the side which led to a long , overgrown garden with a large , unsteady-looking wooden shed at the bottom . |
| 6 | Similar , though less extreme , French claims in Venice , where the ambassador demanded that any holder of a " patent de familiarité " signed by him must be considered a member of his household , led to a long breach between the two states in 1710 – 23 and renewed friction in the later 1720s . |
| 7 | Henry passed her some thin , crustless brown bread and butter and listened to a long story about fox-hunting . |