Example sentences of "[pn reflx] in [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blake moved from the Old Nag 's Head , through a courtyard , and found himself in a long alley . |
| 2 | Since the literary works to which Ken devoted himself in the long years which followed his brief episcopate were largely unremarkable and unread , the waste of his inspired and inspiring vocation as a bishop has appeared both to contemporary and subsequent critics exasperating ; for his scruples about swearing the oath of allegiance to William and Mary were so nearly overcome by his friends that he asked them not to continue their arguments lest he succumb . |
| 3 | She scuttled through the door and found herself in a long drawing-room choked with old-fashioned furniture . |
| 4 | She caught sight of herself in a long gilt mirror and smoothed her fair hair . |
| 5 | After a frugal meal , she wrapped herself in a long white cashmere cardigan that Ace had insisted on buying her , and sat out on the balcony that overlooked the distant Atlantic ocean , and , more immediately , the beautiful gardens of the hotel . |
| 6 | She was endeavouring to find her way to the courtyard when , reaching the end of one of the wide corridors , she found herself in a long gallery lined with portraits . |
| 7 | Alexandra surveyed herself in the long glass on the wall . |
| 8 | Catching sight of herself in the long wall-mirror as she pulled a peach-coloured , button-necked nightshirt over her head , she found herself wondering what Guy was doing . |
| 9 | Turning to the mirror , she saw herself in the long white silk dress , clinging to her slender body , curving off the shoulders , accentuating her fine collarbones , tight at the waist then flaring out with clouds of taffeta below that made it seem as if she floated rather than walked . |
| 10 | Rose never interested in clothes before , tried the lot on and beamed at herself in the long mirror . |
| 11 | If I simply concentrated on reducing the network , I would involve myself in a long and profitless public , political and industrial row . |
| 12 | They found themselves in a long corridor with one glass wall that looked out into a bright , modern , open-plan and spacious area . |
| 13 | They found themselves in a long dark gallery above a massive room . |
| 14 | Then amuse yourself in the long autumn evenings , ’ said Thorfinn , ‘ working out what bargain he made with them before he came north . |