Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.

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1 In its shadow , in a square of orange brickwork part hidden by the long grass , stood a circular pool .
2 However , the level of total exports and of exports of manufactures rose throughout the long boom and the 1970s .
3 Only once was a jarring note struck , and that was when Roger referred to the long room leading out of the kitchen as the ‘ museum ’ .
4 Lee Harpin ODs on a long weekend of TV football
5 There is one important difference : the Prime Minister and his Cabinet can embark boldly upon their way forward , with electoral considerations banished for a long time to come .
6 Organ jazz has for a long time been club-trendy but it has taken until now for a new artist to come through to match the likes of Jimmy Smith and ‘ Big ’ John Patton with whom she shares a clear affinity in her choice of rhythms and blues inflections .
7 Lucenzo dragged her bags with him and muttered under his breath about their bulk while Meredith stoically forced her exhausted body after his dark figure , her legs aching with the long climb .
8 Her neck rose in a long , rounded column to a face which , though not classically beautiful — the nose was too tilted , the mouth too wide — was heart-stopping in its freshness , its air of innocence combined with its look of deep , untapped feminine knowledge .
9 Her kiss at the cottage gate left my mind occupied during the long walk back to the farm .
10 A slight sudden puff of breeze lifted a thickly leafed branch in front of her and she saw two figures , framed by the foliage at the instant their lips met in a long , smooth , seductive and very mutual kiss .
11 She unfastened her own belt , and as her arms wound about his neck their lips met in a long kiss .
12 Their eyes met in a long , arching stare .
13 The light came from a long mirror surrounded by unshaded bulbs .
14 A warm wind shone through the long stubble which shimmered like silk in the heat ; the sun glared off the metal cabs of lorries and buses , the tar melted into mirages of water and cleared again .
15 The stout refusal , and then the shambling figure going up the long path beside the river , up to the house .
16 The words arrived on a long feather of smoke .
17 Everyone 's solution was subjective , he thought , based on the resentments and jealousies festered in the long , bitter years of internal exile that the Shah had imposed on all those who would not recognize his sole and divinely inspired leadership of Iran .
18 The sea still echoed the storm , foot-high waves breaking with a long hush against the shingle , but the sky was blue and clear .
19 The authors believe the cause of these persistent spells lies in the ability of the short waves to react on the long waves in such a way that , under certain situations , they favour the very pattern that caused them .
20 Painted red , of course , with sinuous front wings that curve above the wheelarches , a recessed bonnet , a short roof tapering into a long , descending C-pillar and a vast engine cover terminating with a flat rear .
21 In order to test these predictions we need to compare the size of the latent inhibition effect found after a long exposure — test interval ( which we may take to be 24 h or more ) with that found after a short interval ( when conditioning follows exposure immediately or after a few minutes ) .
22 The correct word-path is excluded from many mid and mixed utterances because an alternative parsing into a long word is preferred .
23 Marilla thought for a long time .
24 She had n't been paying much attention to the journey , and did n't have any idea of where they were ; the archway led into a long courtyard with a cobbled surface and small , squeezed-in houses to either side .
25 And so it was all along the line , from Telnitz in the south , right the way to the Olmütz road , where the plain rose into the foothills of the mountains to the north ; and after he had disappeared into the tumult and light , neither Thiercelin nor Epitot spoke for a long time .
26 The words finished on a long , drawn breath while she waited for the words she had no wish to hear .
27 The cat with yellow eyes crouched in the long grass in pursuit of a bird .
28 And it is hard not to think of one 's own horror at some of the things that the Irgun and Stern Gang are doing in Palestine , for instance , ’ David said after a long silence .
29 Euparkeria , with more pronounced legs balanced by a long tail , was probably a more direct forerunner of dinosaurs than Ornithosuchus , but it was smaller and more agile .
30 Such factors may include , for instance , a previous experience of loss which was dealt with badly , unresolved grief , past experience of failure , a lack of a sense of self-efficacy , a low self-esteem , a previous history of psychiatric disorder , and an absence of close relationships established over a long period of time .
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