Example sentences of "[v-ing] a long [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outdoor Action writer Paul Traynor is tackling a long backpacking trip along Italy 's northern Apennines — the country 's spinal mountain chain . |
| 2 | Officials , wary of the effects the soggy going could have on horses tackling a long hilly course , have taken the precaution of cutting the fences from 38 to 34 and have also slightly reduced the length of the course . |
| 3 | After a while they pulled up outside a large concrete hotel , not quite finished , incorporating a long cruelly-lit restaurant , almost empty , which faced the road . |
| 4 | Every morning , the majority of the soldiers leave the encampment and set off to hunt , forming a long brown column several inches wide that snakes across the forest floor . |
| 5 | But suddenly the D word is being dropped in fashion ( left ) , in clubs , on records , reasserting a long rhythmic line that connects Barry White to Joey Negro , Sylvester to U2 . |
| 6 | If it was like seeing a long lost friend again after twenty-seven years , Darby O'Gill was comfortingly predictable with touches of the old sparkle but we had lost a lot of common ground as I had moved from a place of romance and innocence through a world of cynicism and calculated sophistication . |
| 7 | The stubbles are dew-raked by men drawing a long iron-toothed rake . ’ |
| 8 | Using a long remote release cable and an autowinder to expose and wind the film , one can now retire to a safe distance , leaving the fish to spawn undisturbed . |
| 9 | He was wearing a long woolly pullover with hedgehogs all over it , nothing else . |
| 10 | She is wearing a long fitted skirt of khaki . |
| 11 | This routine went on week after week , and might never have changed , until one Saturday morning a toffee-nosed lady who I had noticed standing on the corner for the past week , wearing a long black dress and carrying a parasol , strode over to our barrow , stopped and placed a white feather in Dad 's lapel . |
| 12 | Once the choir had filed into their places there was standing room only , and even Mr Salmon , wearing a long black coat and deep-brimmed black hat , was among those who were to be found huddled at the back . |
| 13 | One of the preserved scenes depicts a Libyan , with tattooed loins and exposed genitals , wearing a long white cloak , about to cut the throat of a prostrate Egyptian . |
| 14 | She was wearing a long white cotton skirt , flat shoes , and hand-knit cotton top in pale pink . |
| 15 | After a while a flickering light appeared in the distance and drew steadily nearer ; a torch-bearer came into view , a girl , wearing a long white gown which left her arms bare ; she carried aloft a burning torch which gave off a great deal of tarry smoke . |
| 16 | Collegians grabbed a late consolation try from Michael Dorrity , but their lack of pace and bulk up front probably means they are facing a long hard season . |
| 17 | The drill itself is a different shape to most models , having a long slender handle and snub-nosed body . |
| 18 | In the region of sub-Sahara Africa , the once general custom of observing a long post-partum abstinence ( often as long as three or four years ) was based on recognition of the chain linking the sickness or death of an infant or young child to the new pregnancy that disturbed or interrupted the breastfeeding of the suckling child . |
| 19 | Though her hair was not quite dry Franca began to plait it very fast , letting a long thick plait materialise between her nimble hands , then tossing it over her shoulder and letting it hang down over the back of the chair . |
| 20 | If one just casts an eye over the history of the condition of women — marked by struggles , it has continued to evolve , but at such pace that it seems that women who struggle for their liberation and at the same time for that of their societies , are undertaking a long drawn-out campaign . |
| 21 | She found a damp tissue in her pocket and blew her nose hard , then , taking a long shaky breath and resolutely straightening her shoulders , she got stiffly to her feet . |
| 22 | Strip any leaves from the portion to be buried , and then expose some of the inner tissues near a node by scraping bark from the underside , twisting the stem to break some of the fibres , or by making a long sloping cut into the centre of the stem to form a ‘ tongue ’ , held open with a matchstick . |
| 23 | ‘ You see , ’ the woman was saying , bending towards Artemis and putting a long cold finger under Artemis 's chin . |
| 24 | Short of finding a long forgotten stock of Tempo spares in a local high street hardware shop , it looks as though it will have to be a new cooker . |
| 25 | Mary was carrying a long white veil and dress over her arm . |
| 26 | Over their table was a mirror , advertising a long defunct brand of pale ale . |
| 27 | Then I leaned over the back of the truck , just avoiding a long rasping glissando from Martin 's slide , and grabbed the would-be mace maniac by the shoulders of her anorak . |
| 28 | Whether you 're planning a long backpacking trip or a succession of short excursions , having a clear idea of what you want to accomplish is the surest way to get the most for your time and money . |
| 29 | And our thoughts changed from admiring the scenery to contemplating a long uphill stretch . |
| 30 | In 1236 , following a long legal battle , he secured visitation rights over the monks of Coventry . |