Example sentences of "[num] long [noun] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 Three long two-shotters and a trio of challenging par-3s hold the key to a good score here .
2 My unwanted guest and I spent five long days and evenings together , with the wind and rain beating on the windows .
3 And strange to say , it had coal fires in the winter , huge coal fires to keep it warm , or attempt to do , and most of the classrooms were only divided by portable partitions so that while we went from class to class as the two or three years went by , it really was in one long building and quite adequate for the time .
4 There was one long corridor and all the classrooms were were off this corridor you see , I I should think there 'd be er five , five classrooms , it was it was no sixth form .
5 He can practise forming as many words as possible from one long word or a collection of single letters : the letter units from a Scrabble set are useful for this purpose .
6 Being Zuckerman is one long performance and the very opposite of what is thought of as being oneself .
7 It had a nice square kitchen with one long window and a little narrow one , both with stone lintels .
8 The day can be one long confrontation and by the evening both parent and child feel distressed and disturbed by the battles and arguments that have taken place .
9 But at the outset Alf Jacobson installed his home-made 500 watt transmitter at the far end of the one long room and constructed an announcer 's desk with double turn-tables .
10 The thousands of women ( and handful of men ) who attended had the choice between : eleven feature films , fifteen long documentaries and twenty eight shorts .
11 Figure 2.6 Long waves and British regions
12 ‘ Rigour , dedication , personal sacrifice over 15 long years and a belief in quality produce earned 70% of those three Michelin stars .
13 Well her daddy he 's not so bad , he 's I think he has two long days but as you say well sh sh you ca n't
14 Shape two long ears and a small bob-tail and position on .
15 Early workings were always upon these outcrops , yet despite their equipment and methods ( all very labour intensive ) the " old men " sank up to 200 ft. on the Bonsor Vein prior to the Civil War , and drove into it at least two long adits or " stollen(s) " in hard rock without the aid of explosives .
16 Roll out the trimmings to four long strips and cover the cake drum around the cake .
17 Cut out four long strips and use to cover the cake drum around the cake , securing on with a little royal icing and trimming to fit .
18 There were four long rings and then it cut out , but before it stopped , Cawthorne was coming out of the farmhouse and walking quickly towards the Paddock .
19 I thought I would go and take one of the head ones and journey along down to that place and so , you know , is there any chance you slipping me down a good four long ones and if he says no , think again ?
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