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

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1 Time is a great healer , and the long winter reduced my anger level so that when the first one-day international of 1992 came around , I was happy and full of optimistic expectation .
2 Even poets must come down to earth and to the bottom of their hills , and the long poem ends :
3 The real question , wrote Harsnet , is where the short run ends and the long run begins , since in the long run long and short are also without meaning .
4 Eventually Durham was reached and the long train drew into the ancient city .
5 in the distance and it 's Nicholas being pressed by Amigamanore , these two matching stride and the long fellow goes for his whip on Nicholas , but he 's got the advantage .
6 The wind rose and the long grass began to flutter and ripple in the dip between them .
7 The sun shone on the rippling river and the long willow leaves just touched its bubbling golden surface .
8 By the number of leaf stalks revealed it was discovered how many lies a friend had told that day and a long stalk indicated a big lie .
9 It 's Bob 's lead , and one runner and a long traverse make seconding interesting ; then it 's my turn again .
10 They have a high mark to shoot at and a long tradition to maintain .
11 King Eardwulf [ q.v. ] of Northumbria attacked Mercia in 801 , probably for sheltering political refugees , and a long campaign ended in a peace agreement .
12 Thus was Cu Sith , and he differed from other dogs in having paws that left prints the size of a man 's , and a long tail plaited in a flat braid which lay coiled upon his back .
13 It is not a question of being frightened of the dark ( although it can be pretty spooky on an out-of-the-way water ) , it is because I enjoy good company and a long night becomes more enjoyable with someone there to chat with ; to share the pleasure of catching big fish , or the lesser pleasure of blanking .
14 He lunged at her slashing out and a long slash appeared on her leg .
15 The seven Old Master galleries have been intelligently installed , and a long corridor has been converted into an evocation of a baroque Kunstkammer , complete with pilastered cabinets for the display of paintings and objets d'art .
16 an enormous building , very dimly lit , with pillars of wood on either side ; the floor was strewn with green rushes and a long carpet lay down the centre .
17 As the men at the windlass rope heaved and a long timber started to rise up and swing , the wheel on the pulley squealed like an injured dog and the man stationed at the top of the wall took a stickful of thick grease from a pot , leaned out , and worked it into the axle .
18 He remembered vividly that yellowish ceramic bowl with the trademark ‘ Challenger ’ , the big varnished wooden seat that was always pleasantly warm to the bum , and a long chain dangling from the high cistern with a sponge-rubber ball , slightly perished , on the end of it .
19 These problems and a long evening incarcerated below decks without fresh air were giving her a headache .
20 Casks are placed on their ends in the cellar and a long tube known as an extractor is inserted through the tap hole .
21 The train-shed arched over the adjacent pavement and a long colonnade carried pedestrians along the side of the station as though rather hoping that they would become passengers .
22 But the long revolution to share out caring responsibilities , the re-skilling of work and the training of women , and the provision of facilities for finance and marketing of their own products , looks like being a very long one indeed .
23 Others have some flexibility , being prepared to serve documents in any language which the addressee is likely to understand ; a short document addressed to a commercial firm in English or a language similar to that of the state of destination ( e.g. a document in Norwegian for service in Sweden ) will be accepted , but a long document addressed to a private individual in a relatively obscure language will not .
24 It was not a note but a long letter explaining everything , as long and taking her as long to compose as the last piece of writing she had done , an essay comparing and contrasting Verdi and Wagner and their operas .
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