Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | They file into the office and sit round the long oak table , slightly in awe of Vic , serious men in chain-store suits , with pens and pencils sticking out of their breast pockets . |
| 2 | So much for security , Ruth mused as she leapt back into the jeep and drove up the long gravelly drive ; I could be a burglar for all he knew . |
| 3 | Without a moment 's delay Aunt Tossie got up and sailed down the long room , the ends of her boa floating out behind her , careless majesty in her gait . |
| 4 | He must have been crouched behind a bank of snow watching him all the time as he came struggling and panting up the long slope . |
| 5 | No wonder the Polynesians call them aa flows — and go round the long way ! |
| 6 | With a fair wind Viking made short work of the intervening twelve miles , lifting easily and striding down the long seas . |