Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] [pos pn] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pair of arms locked around his waist and the whole world jerked sideways as the dragon rose out of its long dive , claws grazing just for a moment the topmost rock on the Wyrmberg 's noisome floor . |
| 2 | The perpetual light of Voltai came in through his long windows . |
| 3 | Kathy came downstairs with her long hair in what Helen called " the Gretchen style " : two plaits pinned neatly on top of her head . |
| 4 | Frances Earnshaw visited her often , bringing her pretty dresses to wear , and persuading her to take care of her appearance , so that when she finally came home after her long absence , she almost seemed a different person . |
| 5 | When she came back in her long nightdress Maxim was in the bed by the window bare-shouldered and riffling through a handful of motel pamphlets . |
| 6 | Stirring it around herself , she looked down at her long body , noticing how her illness had removed the last spare flesh . |
| 7 | The chorus sang plaintively of their long hours in the shop , and short nights in the attics above . |
| 8 | We smoke the first bag , throw a heap of indiscriminate clothing together and set off on our long journey to Wales , our bodies leaden and our lids heavy . |
| 9 | Robert erected his impressive silvery head , and a wave of triumphant colour swept up from his long throat and flushed his cheeks . |