Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | In its shadow , in a square of orange brickwork part hidden by the long grass , stood a circular pool . |
| 2 | Organ jazz has for a long time been club-trendy but it has taken until now for a new artist to come through to match the likes of Jimmy Smith and ‘ Big ’ John Patton with whom she shares a clear affinity in her choice of rhythms and blues inflections . |
| 3 | Her neck rose in a long , rounded column to a face which , though not classically beautiful — the nose was too tilted , the mouth too wide — was heart-stopping in its freshness , its air of innocence combined with its look of deep , untapped feminine knowledge . |
| 4 | Her kiss at the cottage gate left my mind occupied during the long walk back to the farm . |
| 5 | The light came from a long mirror surrounded by unshaded bulbs . |
| 6 | A warm wind shone through the long stubble which shimmered like silk in the heat ; the sun glared off the metal cabs of lorries and buses , the tar melted into mirages of water and cleared again . |
| 7 | The stout refusal , and then the shambling figure going up the long path beside the river , up to the house . |
| 8 | Painted red , of course , with sinuous front wings that curve above the wheelarches , a recessed bonnet , a short roof tapering into a long , descending C-pillar and a vast engine cover terminating with a flat rear . |
| 9 | In order to test these predictions we need to compare the size of the latent inhibition effect found after a long exposure — test interval ( which we may take to be 24 h or more ) with that found after a short interval ( when conditioning follows exposure immediately or after a few minutes ) . |
| 10 | The correct word-path is excluded from many mid and mixed utterances because an alternative parsing into a long word is preferred . |
| 11 | She had n't been paying much attention to the journey , and did n't have any idea of where they were ; the archway led into a long courtyard with a cobbled surface and small , squeezed-in houses to either side . |
| 12 | The headless trunk stood for a long second , the blood fountaining in a gush of scarlet from the raw stump of its neck , before collapsing bonelessly to the mat . |
| 13 | Perhaps the attitude developed during a long period of established practice and little change . |
| 14 | A hedge position is a portfolio consisting of a long or short share and one or more of the available options on that share . |
| 15 | Residential institutions lost favour and became associated with , if not blamed for , the lack of professional vision and determination to plan for the long term future of children . |
| 16 | It is not a very fruitful exercise to indulge in a long debate as to which of these two functions is the more important . |
| 17 | He had been crouched on the first-floor landing for a long time , peering through the banister rails to the kitchen at the end of the lower corridor , listening to the ebb and flow of their conversation . |
| 18 | It involves an arduous ten kilometre run preceded by a long assault course , against the clock , finishing with a shoot on the firing range . |
| 19 | The device was inspired by a bus journey taken by Gysin , when the sun flickered through a long avenue of trees . |
| 20 | In the light from the lamp the child blinked his weary eyes , his question muffled by a long noisy yawn . |
| 21 | Best editor seen for a long time . |
| 22 | We have here a wide , flat valley filled with sediment passing into a long parallel-sided sea reminiscent of many ancient sedimentary troughs . |
| 23 | Then they are playing a semi-blind second shot to a long narrow green , where deft perfection is crucial . |
| 24 | Depending on where your drive ends up you will face a tricky second shot to a long , narrow green . |
| 25 | A window opened with a long pole . |
| 26 | The sun shone on the long road to the south . |
| 27 | From the spot in the hedgerow where the four German soldiers had come from a white flag tied to a long piece of wood had suddenly appeared . |
| 28 | Their gaze locked for a long moment as he pulled the towel from his neck and flung it over a rail , then , suddenly embarrassed , she looked away . |
| 29 | Woolley led them down in a mock attack , the arrowhead formation swooping in a long , curling dive that went under the Frenchman 's tail and zoomed up and levelled out , back on patrol . |
| 30 | Deeper into the reed bed it went , its cryptic plumage merging with the long , thin , creamy-buff , feathery-topped reedstalks — and disappeared from view . |