Example sentences of "[noun sg] make [art] 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 | Some thought it was an attempt to make the long hitters go for the green across the water so they made it twenty-five paces shorter . |
3 | There is no need to make a long speech , though . |
4 | Fish-bone paste and heated animal glue made a long process of bonding work , whilst injection moulding and plastics did not exist . |
5 | The door closed , with yellow light from the kerosene lamp making a long crack on the floor . |
6 | Spread the rest on to the biscuits , then pile the biscuits on top of each other to make a long roll . |
7 | The Kurd made a long noise in his throat which she presumed to indicate disappointment . |
8 | The embalmers laid her flat on a long wooden table , and one of them , the master , took a sharp flint knife to make a long incision low down in her side . |
9 | Perhaps a landscape is too remote or unsettled weather makes a long painting session impossible . |
10 | Then the leading comrade makes a long speech ( with pauses for interpretation ) full of statistics about how before liberation the commune used to only produce so many jin per mu ( jin being a measure of weight/capacity , and mu being a measure of land ) and how the commune now produces about 15 times that amount . |