Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] long [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile the county has revalued its assets to reflect its long lease and the planning consents obtained . |
| 2 | He unwound his long legs and stood up , arching his back and stretching . |
| 3 | She opened her long arms and let them fall gently to her sides again with another smile , gesturing to a couch and taking a seat herself nearby . |
| 4 | The maids are lovely to behold , combing their long tresses and gazing at themselves in hand-mirrors , while singing with exquisite sweetness on a rock near the water 's edge . |
| 5 | She leaned down from the horse and he did n't flinch as she grabbed his long hair and shook his head from side to side . |
| 6 | Mr Bashir said : ‘ These were two very desperate attempts to save his long marriage and long relationship . ’ |
| 7 | He did not explain his long silence and they refused to go into detail about the conversations . |
| 8 | The Dragoons sheathed their long swords and drew their carbines , but their aim from horseback was uncertain and the short-barrelled carbine was a weapon of notorious inaccuracy . |
| 9 | The wine and brandy made them joyful and they began to dance , waving their long trunks and fanning each other with their great ears . |
| 10 | and then you take your long end and you wind above covering the edge and overlapping and then the low , then covering the edge and overlapping , there and again you keep working your way up and down , a figure of eight until you get to the end of your bandage then tie away from the body in your reef knot , either you tuck your ends in or if that 's awkward you can just put a sticking plaster over the ends to get them out of the way like that , so just tuck the ends in and I do n't think your casualty 's going to need a sling for a little graze like that |