Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He , too , had combed his long hair for the outing and had gone to the lengths of scrubbing the blue paint from his fingers . |
| 2 | I could clearly hear the roar of engines above me , and distinctly heard one long burst of cannon fire . |
| 3 | Mr La Malfa 's resignation was the biggest surprise of all , given his long crusade for moral reform . |
| 4 | That claim may have been sheer bravado , but given his long association with US intelligence , the general undoubtedly has enough mud to splatter many of his erstwhile US friends . |
| 5 | However , both will have started their long journey up the learning curve . |
| 6 | She had piled her long hair into a sleek chignon , and tiny wisps escaped across her brow and to the nape of her neck . |
| 7 | She ceased to wonder that he had survived his long ordeal of flight and hiding and hunger ; he was durable beyond most men . |
| 8 | I have already described the Croydon Corporation case , which was the result of an epidemic of typhoid , and I have mentioned my long association with the Royal College of Psychiatrists , and the fact that my only medical qualification is as an honorary fellow of that college . |