Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] to [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two minutes after the interval he darted on to a long through ball and scored with a low shot . |
| 2 | Willie clutched on to the long wooden seat and , as they jolted over the rough cobbled road , his eyelids drooped and he became drowsy . |
| 3 | Alexandra went over to the long glass on a mahogany frame that stood in the bow window and looked at herself . |
| 4 | Penelope went over to the long mirror to survey the general effect of her dress . |
| 5 | The courtyard was no longer floodlit but the moon was brilliant , filling the room with light , and Maggie slid from her bed and went quickly to the long window that led to the veranda . |
| 6 | Helen asked me to explain what I meant , and listened carefully to the long story of what I had suffered at Gateshead . |
| 7 | Couville rose and went across to a long leaden tube . |
| 8 | King Edward VII and his Consort , Alexandra , were able to influence international events , particularly in Europe , which continued to be the predominant continent and Britain looked forward to a long period of peaceful influence . |
| 9 | Ahead a ragged coastline stretched away to a long , low headland which jutted out into the sea , its level surface broken by the jagged stumps of two mine stacks . |