Example sentences of "[vb past] long [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Acceptance there involved long trials and modifications . |
| 2 | This caused long delays and confusion . |
| 3 | Some sufferers tell hair-raising stories of how they drove long distances or even flew aeroplanes yet had no subsequent recall of having done so . |
| 4 | He was given an ancient , unreliable car and in this he made long journeys and addressed crowded meetings . |
| 5 | Chief Constable Keith Hellawell awarded long service and good conduct medals to 28 Cleveland police officers at the force 's HQ in Ladgate Lane , Middlesbrough . |
| 6 | So he spent long days and evenings at Meadowbanks , working ( when he had done a stint of transcription ) on the manuscript which was destined to be the Walter Machin volume in the Payne 's Great Authors series of monographs . |
| 7 | in bad weather we used to go into what was it they called Long Hope or something and anchor there . |
| 8 | Ince needed long treatment and it was later discovered he had damaged ankle ligaments . |
| 9 | The vast majority from the most senior consultant to the most junior nurse worked long hours and responded to daily emergencies in a way that was an object lesson to us all . |
| 10 | As landlord of the Three Jolly Watermen public-house , Connor O'Dell worked long hours and needed his sleep . |
| 11 | I saw long legs and a big pair of hands and he was standing a long way from the ball , giving himself plenty of room . |
| 12 | Hay-making meant long days and tough work , all by hand . |
| 13 | He took long strides and he walked fast but he walked easily too and without great exertion . |
| 14 | All large , cheerful girls in their late teens , to my great relief they wore long skirts and mats around their waists , tied as tradition dictates with a braided kiekei band . |
| 15 | It was an old house in its own tidy grounds , all parquet and notice boards , three floors of quiet cells inhabited by ungainly girls who wore long skirts and tucked their legs under them when they sat on floor cushions drinking coffee . |
| 16 | He wore long underwear and elastic suspenders held his socks . |
| 17 | It must be the influence of Jekyll and Hyde , which has been strong since John Barrymore grew long teeth and took to scuttling about dark expressionist streets , bashing and killing . |
| 18 | Grey herons contorted to strange shapes as they stretched long necks and peered into the shallows . |
| 19 | The first probably had long snouts and are thought to have been the ancestors of the lemurs , now only found in Madagascar , and of the lorises that today live in the forests of the Far East . |
| 20 | They had long hair and said they knew Jack Kerouac . |
| 21 | I had a friend who had long hair and she , she let it grow right the way through . |
| 22 | Michael had long eyelashes and freckles that went down inside the neck of his uniform . |
| 23 | She had long legs and a mane of blonde hair ; as she laboured at her typewriter on classified memoranda she drew into North 's office a little stream of besotted admirers , and she was to be spotted after the scandal broke driving round Washington in her red sports car ( FAWN 1 ) , blowing smoke out of the windows . |
| 24 | It was a faint constellation lying between Leo and Gemini , and a twelfth of the world 's population born under its sign had long pincers and never let go . |
| 25 | They slept on piles of old sacks in the disused pigsty , had long beards and staffs , and went barefoot . |
| 26 | He spent some time in Holland in the company of an Indian guru with whom he had long walks and conversations through which came the realization that he should build a new career around his two key interests : his satisfaction in working with children and his love of Art . |
| 27 | All Israeli newspapers , which produce weekend editions on a Friday , yesterday carried long articles and in some cases special supplements marking the start of the uprising 's third year . |