Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [prep] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helen leaned over my shoulder and gazed at the long lines of boy scouts , girl guides , ex-servicemen , with half the population of the town packed on the pavements , watching . |
| 2 | He did not have time to check his mirrors for police cars as he passed All Hallows-on-the-Wall and plunged into the long straight canyon of London Wall . |
| 3 | ‘ Best hang tight to my arm , boy , ’ he yelled and together they leaned forward and tramped through the long wet grass to wrestle with the Littles ' gate . |
| 4 | As they came up into the May morning he hopped over the ditch and skipped into the long grass as blithe as a squirrel . |
| 5 | That leaves mothers , children and older people behind in the mad scramble for the doors when the bus arrives , to stand packed together jolted and elbowed for the long slow journeys . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I have no intention of meeting her , ’ Jenna began , but he too stood and looked towards the long windows as a car came speedily to the house . |
| 8 | We climbed the low hills northwest of the loch and lay in the long grass under the pines and the birch , looking out over the small glen to the forested hill on the far side where the old railway tunnel was . |
| 9 | Silently , I climbed back up to the road and lay in the long grass to watch what happened . |
| 10 | He answered Buckmaster 's question as he turned off the road between lodge gates and proceeded down the long drive across open parkland . |
| 11 | During her researches she went to Lord 's to examine the immense collection which belongs to the MCC and went into the Long Room . |
| 12 | They turned into the dining room , and gasped at the long row of glowing candles which stretched down the table to the further limits of vision . |
| 13 | Dot waited and waited in the long brown corridor with nowhere to sit . |
| 14 | She had showered and washed her hair , dabbed on her favourite Anaïs Anaïs , and stood before the long mirror in her bedroom , criticising her reflection . |