Example sentences of "[conj] a long [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The inconvenience arising from cold in the most carefully constructed railway carriage , where a long journey has to be performed in the winter season , suggested to the directors the necessity of fixing a warming apparatus in the bed of the carriage , and Mr. Perkins , the inventor of the steam gun , has accordingly fitted a very ingenious apparatus for the purpose of heating the carriage , which may be thus briefly described : — a coil of pipe placed near the hinder axletree , and supplied with water from a small cistern in the bed of the carriage , is kept heated by means of a lamp with four burners . |
| 2 | ‘ Sometimes , your actions are utterly thoughtless without any knowledge of consequences , ’ he muttered , turning her to the side of the room , where a long bench gave them a chance to sit . |
| 3 | One is that a long tail indicates an extremely fit male : to grow such a tail and carry it around will take extra energy . |
| 4 | That has now been achieved and , although we know that a long road awaits the negotiators , it is refreshing to see the leaders of the Palestinian people at the conference table and to watch their demeanour as they approach the massive problems . |
| 5 | By the number of leaf stalks revealed it was discovered how many lies a friend had told that day and a long stalk indicated a big lie . |
| 6 | It 's Bob 's lead , and one runner and a long traverse make seconding interesting ; then it 's my turn again . |
| 7 | They have a high mark to shoot at and a long tradition to maintain . |
| 8 | King Eardwulf [ q.v. ] of Northumbria attacked Mercia in 801 , probably for sheltering political refugees , and a long campaign ended in a peace agreement . |
| 9 | Thus was Cu Sith , and he differed from other dogs in having paws that left prints the size of a man 's , and a long tail plaited in a flat braid which lay coiled upon his back . |
| 10 | It is not a question of being frightened of the dark ( although it can be pretty spooky on an out-of-the-way water ) , it is because I enjoy good company and a long night becomes more enjoyable with someone there to chat with ; to share the pleasure of catching big fish , or the lesser pleasure of blanking . |
| 11 | He lunged at her slashing out and a long slash appeared on her leg . |
| 12 | The seven Old Master galleries have been intelligently installed , and a long corridor has been converted into an evocation of a baroque Kunstkammer , complete with pilastered cabinets for the display of paintings and objets d'art . |
| 13 | an enormous building , very dimly lit , with pillars of wood on either side ; the floor was strewn with green rushes and a long carpet lay down the centre . |
| 14 | As the men at the windlass rope heaved and a long timber started to rise up and swing , the wheel on the pulley squealed like an injured dog and the man stationed at the top of the wall took a stickful of thick grease from a pot , leaned out , and worked it into the axle . |
| 15 | He remembered vividly that yellowish ceramic bowl with the trademark ‘ Challenger ’ , the big varnished wooden seat that was always pleasantly warm to the bum , and a long chain dangling from the high cistern with a sponge-rubber ball , slightly perished , on the end of it . |
| 16 | These problems and a long evening incarcerated below decks without fresh air were giving her a headache . |
| 17 | Casks are placed on their ends in the cellar and a long tube known as an extractor is inserted through the tap hole . |
| 18 | The train-shed arched over the adjacent pavement and a long colonnade carried pedestrians along the side of the station as though rather hoping that they would become passengers . |
| 19 | Afterwards , she lay there , shattered , as if a long fall had dashed her body to the ground . |
| 20 | Others have some flexibility , being prepared to serve documents in any language which the addressee is likely to understand ; a short document addressed to a commercial firm in English or a language similar to that of the state of destination ( e.g. a document in Norwegian for service in Sweden ) will be accepted , but a long document addressed to a private individual in a relatively obscure language will not . |
| 21 | It was not a note but a long letter explaining everything , as long and taking her as long to compose as the last piece of writing she had done , an essay comparing and contrasting Verdi and Wagner and their operas . |
| 22 | Dr Vijayan also reports that after a long struggle to arouse their interest , Pakistani environmentalists are aware of the threat to the bird . |
| 23 | Once , after a long night spent putting up posters , Paul Simonon heated up the remainder of the flour and water paste on a rusty blade and ate it . |
| 24 | We reported back to the school secretary , who after a long pause said , ‘ I 'm sorry , we posted that order direct to the publisher , who was offering a 50% discount . ’ |
| 25 | Like the biological positivists before him , after a long treatise devoted to ‘ scientific rigour ’ he suddenly turns , at the crucial point , to unrigorous lay belief . |
| 26 | He exuded sympathy and concern , urged Amiss to take as much time off as he felt necessary , assured him he would be given sick pay and that his job would be secure , and only after a long argument agreed very reluctantly that he could come back on duty the following day . |
| 27 | Richard Jones is back in the reckoning at last after a long injury lay off . |
| 28 | These figures relate to 1778 when the knitters were seeking a parliamentary regulation of their wages to levels about a third higher , restoring earnings to the level of twenty years earlier before a long decline had set in . |
| 29 | As a long finger parted the mat of soft fair hair at her thighs , Ashley arched her spine . |
| 30 | There are occasions when after a long and difficult dig , and when a long time has elapsed before the recovery of the ferret and rabbit , you may discover that your ferret has scraped at the hindquarters of the rabbit for so long that it has broken the skin , drawn blood and started to eat the rabbit before it died . |