Example sentences of "[verb] a long [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Feather drew a long breath and let it out . |
| 2 | He stopped and drew a long breath and I stared at him and said : ‘ Are you serious ? ’ |
| 3 | The man drew a long breath and spoke clearly . |
| 4 | When finally he released her she drew a long breath and mumbled inarticulately into his shirt front , ‘ I do n't know what 's wrong with me . |
| 5 | Taking comfort from the thought , she drew a long breath and Giles turned . |
| 6 | Her face was pale and her voice was as cool as ever , but there was sincerity in her eyes , and Sophie drew a long breath and put out her hand . |
| 7 | At last , seeing the impatient glint in his eyes , she drew a long breath and said , ‘ I 've been thinking things over — thinking very deeply — and I 've come to the conclusion that your idea of merging our two practices is , after all , the most sensible solution to our problem . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ They are a breed that will enjoy a long walk and they are excellent car travellers — in the 34 years that I have owned them I have never known one to be car sick , ’ she added . |
| 9 | They found a long platform and the remains of a goods shed . |
| 10 | She had come a long way and as far as she could see it would take much longer even to reach the foothills . |
| 11 | But I 've come a long way and er so I 'll go back next er Wednesday to the department and er er if people will bear with me and put up with it er I 'll take it er fairly slowly to start with but I dare say there will come a time when er erm you wo n't notice much difference . |
| 12 | Er psychiatry has come a long way and er certain diagnostic st studies and diagnostic tests are taken of the individual erm and the doctors conclude whether or not the the work contributed to the problem or not . |
| 13 | The restrictors fitted to the Stage One V8 are easily removed by removing the carbs and pulling the restrictor from the manifold They are in fact aluminium discs with three holes about ⅜″. diameter in each one and are held in by an expanding steel clip Select a suitable diameter tap and tap a thread with a smear of grease on the top to collect swarf , fit a long bolt and lever out with a pry bar Extremely obstinate ones may be split into three large bits with a small chisel and pulled out Clean the debris out with a vacuum cleaner A piece of l/2″ hose taped onto the suction pipe will reach most places in the manifold . |
| 14 | For cutting hedges by hand Sandvik 's well-balanced Professional Hedge Shear ( about £32 ) has a long reach and cuts very easily and cleanly . |
| 15 | It has a long history and in 1843 twelve Bronze Age artefacts and two portions of a sword were found whilst digging a drain . |
| 16 | The matter has a long history and is illustrative of how law can lag behind what is thought to be economically desirable . |
| 17 | As we pointed out earlier , the kind of model for insider evaluation that Shipman proposes has a long history and there is little evidence that it has been significantly displaced by newer alternatives . |
| 18 | Like copyright , patent law has a long history and has developed as a means of protecting innovation which has a benefit to innovator and public alike . |
| 19 | A dislike by Irish clerics for such an explicit and direct church — state relationship has a long tradition and comes out best in De Tocqueville 's ( 1957 ) conversations with Irish clergy on his visit to Ireland in 1834 . |
| 20 | He has a long nose and a long face . |
| 21 | To illustrate , let us consider the case of a word overlapping with two other candidates , the first of which has a long definition and the second has a short definition . |
| 22 | I retraced my steps , by this time it was 7 pm and I 'd done a long walk and about 45 miles on the bike . |
| 23 | Sir Bryan had made par on the first hole by sinking a long putt and his tail was up . |
| 24 | What wears a long coat and pants in the summer ? |
| 25 | We ride a long way and in late afternoon ( sun time rather than clock time , which has long ceased to be important to us ) we stop for coffee so that Odd-Knut can work out a route . |
| 26 | He 's got a long memory and can be rather spiteful . |
| 27 | The duvet symbolizes the whole wretchedness of leaving , so I slump at the table , pulling a long face and blowing ripples in the surface of my coffee which has grown cold anyway . |
| 28 | He had had a long drive and , in the face of great provocation , behaved , on the whole , exceedingly well . |
| 29 | I 've had a long life and many blessings and you 've been one of the best . |
| 30 | He jumps at home only when he has had a long rest and needs a quick reminder of what the job is all about ; otherwise his jumping is confined to the shows . |