Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] one long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It sounded like a sliver of a scream , caught in one long instant of time . |
| 2 | In poetry , a foot consisting of one long syllable followed by two short . |
| 3 | Described in two pitches , it can be done in one long runout . |
| 4 | This record so far has been dictated in one long burst . |
| 5 | ( Tell them about the class who studied one street in their town and all contributed to one long painting ) . |
| 6 | Upstairs I found that all the balconies led off one long room , where children , dressed in green kerchiefs and black-and-red culottes , were dancing to the accompaniment of a guitar band . |
| 7 | In poetry or prose , a disyllabic foot consisting of one short , followed by one long syllable ( classical scansion ) or with stress on the second syllable ( English poetry ) . |
| 8 | Even critics who loved the pace and zest of the new films began to feel that night after night they were just sitting through one long gangster film . |
| 9 | The dawn light flooded the sky , now clear and translucent , broken by one long finger of the brightest orange Christina had ever seen . |