Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] the long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there was no semblance of a fluke about the result — it was the fastest Gold Cup ever run — and as Norton 's Coin made the long walk past the stands to the winner 's enclosure he started to receive the reception he deserved . |
| 2 | The judge said the long sentence should serve as a warning to others tempted to join the illegal trade in exotic birds . |
| 3 | Beside the railway the breeze rustled the long grass . |
| 4 | The North-East 100 and 200 metres champion won the long jump with a leap of 5.65 metres and was prevented from completing a sprint double when City of Hull 's Karen Buck just got home in the 100 metres . |
| 5 | Clarkson 's account of his entry into his antislavery role stressed the long period of crisis in which he indecisively debated with himself and James Ramsay what to do . |
| 6 | The Black Death began the long process of decline for many , but it rarely wiped out an entire village at a single blow . |