Example sentences of "[pron] have a long [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This opinion , which had a long Christian ancestry , was still widely held and propagated in the fourteenth century . |
| 2 | Her skin is blue-black , she has a long red tongue , and snakes twine about her body . |
| 3 | Over her orange-blossom headdress she had a long flowing veil which flowed down her back ; her dress of white satin rustled and crinkled as she walked . |
| 4 | She had a long pleated dress and bare toes under it , a very young face and long curly hair , and she held a bunch of corn . |
| 5 | Well it 's the plaintiff 's saying is you had one and and you handcuffed him , nevertheless , notwithstanding the fact that you had a long barrelled weapon . |
| 6 | And then these overall evaluations change too , so you have a long evolutionary process here , you see , the working out of human evaluations , and while you wo n't get you wo n't get total agreement that the you will erm some sort of co-ordination and the particularly I argue that while there 's an area sort of in the middle , as it were , where you can get away with all sorts of things , you see , there are cliffs . |
| 7 | We have a long narrow area and the motorway has cut it in half . |
| 8 | We have a long narrow area and the motorway has cut it in half . |
| 9 | So straightaway there there is absolutely no reason at all for me to have a long barrelled weapon |
| 10 | Called Myrmecobius , it has a long thin snout for poking into ants ' nests , and a long sticky tongue with which it mops up its prey . |
| 11 | The body is long and slender , with a pointed head and it has a long pointed snout that forms a ‘ bill ’ . |
| 12 | It has a long historical lineage but the most sophisticated explanation is that given by Diplock L.J. , as he then was . |
| 13 | It had a long colonial veranda and a high cupola , while the terminus of the railway , Tank Road Station at the docks , had a tower which made it an aid to ships navigating the harbour . |
| 14 | Her hair was tied in a bun and , like Topknot , it had a long grey feather stuck through it . |
| 15 | He had a long criminal record at Scotland Yard and was currently on their wanted list for a variety of crimes , the most serious being the murder of an East End gangster . |
| 16 | He had a long pale face , fashionably spiky fair hair and a pleasant smile . |
| 17 | He had a long thin nose . |
| 18 | She said , ‘ Well , he had a long white beard and robe of course . |