Example sentences of "[noun] made a long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Worrall gave it , then disallowed it for offside but the linesman changed his mind after Pickering made a long appeal and Worrall then allowed the goal .
2 On 14 February 1961 , the day after news of Lumumba 's death was released , Nkrumah made a long broadcast over Ghanaian radio .
3 Fish-bone paste and heated animal glue made a long process of bonding work , whilst injection moulding and plastics did not exist .
4 Diane Edwards made a long run for home to defeat Ann Williams in a modest 4min 19.46sec with Cahill just unable to get back on terms .
5 Parkin made a long sigh to give himself time to think .
6 The Kurd made a long noise in his throat which she presumed to indicate disappointment .
7 George made a long thinking , grumbling noise , then said , mostly to himself : ‘ The paperwork must have been good … if they were living on it for eighteen months … they were n't escaped prisoners of war trying to reach Switzerland on a hand-copied Fremdenpass …
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