Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a sinister and often rehearsed entrance wearing a long cloak and looking like Count Dracula . |
| 2 | From the early 1920s Chiang devoted much of his attention to suppressing his communist rivals rather than forming a united front with them to resist the Japanese , but they established a strong base in the northwest following the Long March of 1934 . |
| 3 | I remember a Rhodesian in our squadron writing a long letter to the ‘ Malta Times ’ about this very subject , but I do n't think it was ever published . ’ |
| 4 | I duly knitted two backs , marked the shape of the front neck and also a slight ‘ dip ’ on the back section and stitched two lines with the sewing machine using a long stitch . |
| 5 | Very small amounts can be dealt with by the body causing no long term harm . |
| 6 | The 1981 Regulations have been much amended and extended so that now each school must provide a School Prospectus containing a long list of prescribed information , including information about the curriculum , qualifications obtainable and careers education , and an Annual Report , including updates to the prospectus and dates and times of the school term . |
| 7 | The children sit in a circle holding a long piece of string , on which is tied a ring . |
| 8 | Then his eyes , red-rimmed from weeping , widened dementedly and he lunged from his place swinging the long blade of his coupe-coupe high above his head . |
| 9 | It 's another piece of evidence suggesting a long term buildup towards a serious mercury crisis . |
| 10 | Nor does the performance seem anything but studio bound , at least until a more involving Act 3 , as compared with any of the sets listed above , two made in the theatre , the other exhibiting the long experience of Furtwängler in the work . |
| 11 | The door closed , with yellow light from the kerosene lamp making a long crack on the floor . |
| 12 | Ca n't you see a reincarnated Grace lashing the Long Room with scorn and fury on hearing the vapid 68 words that purported to explain this summer 's vilest scandal . |
| 13 | I SPENT most of Friday morning having a long talk with Paul Seddon — Assistant Commissioner Seddon , who is our department 's special representative at New Scotland Yard . |
| 14 | These services are still delivered through the traditional hierarchical structures with decisions being ‘ handed down ’ and information from the ground level taking a long time to reach and influence the making of decisions and policy . |
| 15 | ‘ I think the knobbly wheels are just to make it grip the ground better , ’ said Dorcas , his voice sounding a long way off . |
| 16 | Following surgery to the heart or lungs , or any operation requiring a long period under anaesthesia , some patients fail to regain the ability to breathe independently and require mechanical assistance . |
| 17 | Then that would sort of feed itself , but you had to have one man feeding the the scrapping machine and another man with a shovel , pulling away the the the the the the scrapped at the side and then you had to have another man feeding the long hay into the chaff cutter . |
| 18 | I remember one day we were at the studio doing The Long Duel and we obviously were n't going to work . |
| 19 | Next home was David Lodge in 27 mins. 23 which was a promising effort following a long lay-off due to illness . |
| 20 | A big broad-shouldered man stood there , looking gently down at her ; he seemed almost as tall as the half-mortals , his shadow streaming a long way across the beach . |
| 21 | ‘ It having a long neck like that and being called a long-necked turtle . |
| 22 | This is a modern , bustling resort featuring a long sweep of golden sand mottled with stripes of dark volcanic dust . |