Example sentences of "[vb past] down [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | We abandoned the last Munro , especially as it 's a top that can be combined with Meall Greigh to be bagged another day , and staggered down into the long glen that would take us back to our morning starting point . |
| 2 | ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear . |
| 3 | Susan went to bed early , and Breeze and Gay made themselves toast and welsh rarebit , and settled down for a long evening by the fire . |
| 4 | They settled down for a long siege and so did the outside world . |
| 5 | After 1772 the " turnpike mania " settled down in a long steady progress to an eventual 22,000-mile peak in 1836 , accelerated only in the widespread speculative investment booms of the early 1790s , 1809 – 12 and the mid 1820s . |
| 6 | Athelstan stared down at the long , white face under its tarry black hood . |
| 7 | I sat down in the long grass , puzzled to understand my weakness . |