Example sentences of "[verb] down [art] long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 US cities are different from British cities in that , housing goes down a long chain of ownership , becoming more downgraded with each owner , because the wealthy continually build new houses .
2 thank you , now we 're going to bind this up , you take the long edge , sorry that goes down the long edge comes first of all over the two fingers and round the base of the thumb
3 Sub David Cork was brought down by Wes Saunders after Cusack headed down a long punt by Prudhoe , but Cook , taking the responsibility instead of the absent Lee Ellison , blasted his spot kick too close to Gareth Howells and the keeper pushed the ball away .
4 It is simpler to make the note " Jones p. 253 " than to write down a long dissertation which is already in print .
5 We fled down a long avenue towards the river .
6 Looking down the long straight of Avenida del Sol , I saw a rainbow 's end brushing the sign dug into the hillside : ‘ Viva el Peru ’ .
7 One bridled gilly held his head high and with effort painful to watch , gulped down a long sand eel , head first .
8 Without a moment 's delay Aunt Tossie got up and sailed down the long room , the ends of her boa floating out behind her , careless majesty in her gait .
9 With his two daughters , one holding each hand , he came down the long staircase from the top-floor flat .
10 Most of my friends collapsed thankfully on to their beds , but I slunk down the long flights of stone stairs and took up a position in the foyer where I could watch the front door .
11 In the resonance technique a series of pulses of either compressional or torsional waves is transmitted down a long rod mechanically coupled to the specimen under investigation .
12 She crossed the stableyard and went into the house , hurrying down the long passage until she arrived , flushed high in expectation , at the service door to the dining room , where Maman and Dada and Aunt Tossie were eating breakfast .
13 He was hurrying down the long room , with some white gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other hand .
14 We trotted down the long flights of stairs and I followed her out through the front door .
15 It grew until it was a window and out through the window she could see down a long tunnel ; and beyond that the sun shining and the mountains rising over the fruit trees .
16 Wine glasses will look effective arranged down a long dinner table , alternating single large blooms with groups of tiny flowers .
17 The cab skidded to a halt , its headlights pointing down a long slope of scree .
18 The brief silence seemed to stretch down the long room and hold fast by the pillars of the door , and every eye in the hall fixed greedily on the three at the high table .
19 Josh stifled a yawn and opened the Register of Membership , running down the long list of names and pencilling question-marks against those who were old or infirm or generally unreliable .
20 We had crossed over to Mykines early in the day , sailing down the long fiord from the village of Sørvágur .
21 Then came the two incidents that were to echo down the long ages of Elf history and set the stage for the great dramas that were to follow .
22 The price of shares would ‘ go down a long way . ’
23 Mother Francis stood at a window and watched little Eve go down the long avenue of the convent out to Sunday lunch on her own with the Hogans .
24 She looked down the long ride to where , at the distant foot of its slope , the lake shuddered in the wind .
25 We swayed down the long baggage car , which was half empty of freight and very noisy , and George , having told me to remove and lay aside my waistcoat in case I got oil on it , unlocked the door at the far end .
26 He had run down the long corridors to the lounge and arrived just as the shuttle passengers were disembarking .
27 Word was passed down the long column to close up , and to be ready to make a dash for the ford .
28 The commandos blew in its steel door , and , leaving Chamberlain , who could hardly help himself along , to guard it , they ran down the long stairway to the pumps 40 feet below .
29 With a fair wind Viking made short work of the intervening twelve miles , lifting easily and striding down the long seas .
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