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 .
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