Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | He hired a car and took the boy down for a long weekend at the St. Mellion Golf and Country Club . |
| 2 | Steps to the left lead up to a long stretch of path which continues parallel to the road . |
| 3 | Before he 'd even put the head down after a long flight to Glasgow , Lindi was expressing his confidence about Monday 's outcome . |
| 4 | Letting his breath out on a long sigh , he changed his mind . |
| 5 | Gazzer let his breath out in a long exhalation of relief . |
| 6 | Outside , Mitch let his breath out in a long sigh of relief . |
| 7 | We peeped through the purpose-made hole on to a long tyke and waited hopefully … bearded reedling ? water rail ? bittern ? |
| 8 | However , readers are advised to phone the Club Secretary on before a long journey to check on meeting and/or speakers etc . |
| 9 | Following her normal routine , she had changed out of her show glitter back into a long and relatively modest black evening dress before slipping back into the main section of the club . |
| 10 | He kept the shoulders stiff and he rolled a little , like a sailor back from a long voyage . |
| 11 | I went to the sink and turned the cold tap on for a long drink to combat the dehydration . |
| 12 | That was not unusual on the Monday after a tournament , so I decided to drive to his house in Clapham in the hope that I might intercept him either on the way in from a long lunch or on the way out for a pre-prandial drink . |
| 13 | Mind you , I still think that now on the way back from a long hill-walk when I can just make out a dot that is the car . |
| 14 | But he came a long way round from a long way back , and O'Brien , by no means a habitual blamer of jockeys , is still convinced they should have won . |