Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] on [art] long " in BNC.

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1 She felt his chest rise and fall on a long , slightly unsteady intake of breath .
2 Once inside the room , the two officers stripped off their black uniform jackets , and sprawled on the long sofa .
3 Touched by beneficial magics and feeding on the long grasses of the steppe , the steeds of Ellyrion are the swiftest and most noble of four-legged beasts .
4 And harness on the long moors .
5 As they left the confines of the city and started on the long straight empty road to Samana , the sun was glowing ruby-red behind the dark wooded hills , the sky translucent delicate silk .
6 She asked for the secretary and launched on a long story about phoning from a restaurant where a pair of leather gloves had been found apparently left by the lady with Mr Johnston whom one of the waiters had remembered seeing at the sports club .
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