Example sentences of "down the long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | With his two daughters , one holding each hand , he came down the long staircase from the top-floor flat . |
2 | The commandos blew in its steel door , and , leaving Chamberlain , who could hardly help himself along , to guard it , they ran down the long stairway to the pumps 40 feet below . |
3 | We had crossed over to Mykines early in the day , sailing down the long fiord from the village of Sørvágur . |
4 | Josh stifled a yawn and opened the Register of Membership , running down the long list of names and pencilling question-marks against those who were old or infirm or generally unreliable . |
5 | Mother Francis stood at a window and watched little Eve go down the long avenue of the convent out to Sunday lunch on her own with the Hogans . |
6 | She looked down the long ride to where , at the distant foot of its slope , the lake shuddered in the wind . |
7 | Looking down the long straight of Avenida del Sol , I saw a rainbow 's end brushing the sign dug into the hillside : ‘ Viva el Peru ’ . |
8 | However , this is not always the best direction , because boards running down the longest area of a room will make it seem even longer and narrower . |