Example sentences of "came [adv prt] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.

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1 Sandra Peden , her that works in the Co-operative she 's a Gold Medallist in Elocution you know , well wait till I tell you she came on in a long Laura Ashley nightdress carrying a Wee Willie Winkie candlestick with wee pink bedsocks and a matching pompom hat and did Holy Willie 's Prayer .
2 He came in with a long stride , with head erect , and calm authoritative eyes .
3 One day , their father Mr Earnshaw came back from a long journey .
4 Then , as some car in the street outside her hotel coughed and choked and backfired , Fabia abruptly came out of the long reverie she had fallen into , and back to the present , to realise that it was Monday morning — did she think she was going to sit there in bed all day ?
5 He said , ‘ Remember the peasant dance where they came out in the long , hooped skirts and you ca n't see their feet ?
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