Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Travis gave her a long meaningful look . |
| 2 | Piers gave her a long , cool look and she turned away . |
| 3 | We should also note that there are at least two different factors which may lead us to feel that some notion deserves emphasis ; one of course is contrast with another property that might have been expressed ; the second is salience of the notion within the particular situation envisaged ; this would presumably be true for : ( 16 ) Geraldine told us a long story about bee-keepers With these points in mind , we should now compare ( 15 ) with ( 17 ) and ask ourselves how much emphasis of either kind is present in ( 17 ) , provided that it is not " read in " in order to support the hypothesis : ( 17 ) the ideas discussed will be put to our colonel topics suitable could include divorce and bankruptcy buildings adjacent will be closed for three days Since there is no doubt that these sentences might be used in situations where the property of the adjective would not be contrastive , the only candidate which may have any plausibility is the " salient on this occasion " variety , though there does not seem to be very strong reason to believe that in all cases where these sentences could be used the adjective property will be salient ; we return to this later . |
| 4 | But it also seemed that the Treasury had wanted to forget about the competition , as three days later Hall sent them a long and detailed reminder about its progress . |
| 5 | A dragonrider handed him a long shape , wrapped in red silk . |
| 6 | And Maggie came round the table and standing over Phoebe gave her a long silent hug . |
| 7 | The abbot gave him a long , penetrating look , and concluded at length : ‘ You are in solemn earnest . |
| 8 | His wife gave him a long level look with no liking in it at all , and Penelope Huntley watched , fascinated . |
| 9 | Coffin gave him a long look and he was n't laughing . |
| 10 | Cindy gave him a long look through her sunglasses . |
| 11 | Doyle gave her a long stare . |
| 12 | Florrie gave him a long , searching look . |
| 13 | Sheldukher killed him a long time ago . ’ |
| 14 | The Major gave him a long hard look , but said nothing . |
| 15 | Dorcas gave her a long , blank look . |
| 16 | Niall gave her a long searching look from which she purposely averted her gaze . |
| 17 | Vanessa gave him a long look , then delved into her handbag and produced a small object . |
| 18 | Terry burst out laughing , and Feargal gave her a long , thoughtful look , before allowing that little indent to appear beside his mouth again . |
| 19 | Rohan gave her a long look , then strode over to the clump of bushes she indicated . |
| 20 | Hee-Haw carried me a long way through this forest . |
| 21 | The Abbot gave him a long , despairing look . |