Example sentences of "and [vb past] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a radical and something of an agnostic , and read a long paper on the evils of war at the Union Society at a time when such views were certainly not popular . |
| 2 | Jasper had apparently become excited and expostulatory , and made a long speech about fascist imperialism . |
| 3 | I became especially interested in apes and made a long study of chimpanzees . |
| 4 | After studying the situation for a few minutes the first macaque ran off and got a long stick . |
| 5 | There is little room for poetry — a product of the despised Fancy — in all this ; yet Wordsworth was in the Locke tradition when he rejected the ‘ gaudy and inane phraseology ’ of the Fancy and devoted a long poem to the description of how Nature ( in Locke 's sense of the whole external world rather than simply mountains and lakes ) formed his mental character . |
| 6 | He stopped and drew a long breath and I stared at him and said : ‘ Are you serious ? ’ |
| 7 | Joanna put down her cup and drew a long breath . |
| 8 | The Corporal placed his Bren gun on the window-sill and fired a long burst at the sniper 's position . |
| 9 | But this , as he would say , is a long story , and happened a long time ago . |
| 10 | I followed mum and joined a long queue , there we had to wait for ages while other people on our flight handed in their tickets . |
| 11 | The gendarme came over to the table and began a long address to Lambert , who listened politely , commenting ‘ Peut-être ’ , from time to time . |
| 12 | A month ago they , together with the males , left the burrows on the floor of the forest inland where they had spent most of the year and began a long march to the coast . |
| 13 | Evolution Without Evidence is not a creationist broadside , but an interesting and well-written exercise on the theme that the young Charles Darwin became convinced of evolution but felt that he did not have the evidence to convince his contemporaries , and spent a long time getting it together and arranging it — so long that he was taken by surprise and had to get out the Origin prematurely ( as he always said himself ) . |
| 14 | They started in the Fabric Hall , and spent a long time fingering various swathes of cloth . |
| 15 | And so Willi was squeezing himself into his best suit , the one he wore for daytime ceremonial occasions , and had spattered himself lavishly with aftershave cologne , and spent a long time arranging the frill of curls round his bald crown . |
| 16 | She heard him running lightly down the stairs , and breathed a long sigh of relief . |
| 17 | ‘ We 're on the pan Am flight this afternoon , ’ Susanna explained , and pulled a long face . |
| 18 | And seconds later , Oxford keeper Paul Reece took the ball 30 yards outside his area and hit a long clearance to Joey Beauchamp , whose shot was blocked by Alan Knight before Chris Allen headed in the equaliser . |
| 19 | After other speeches condemning Ian Paisley , Terence O'Neill rose and delivered a long statement in which he made it clear that he regarded the defeat of Ian Paisley as a central part of his reforming Unionism . |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't pick Davis , we chose each other and decided a long time ago that we wanted to play this tournament together . |
| 21 | 35 MINUTES : Ipswich regained the lead when Guentchev , thriving on having better support up front , picked up a ball from Whelan in his own half and sent a long ball for Goddard to chase through the middle . |
| 22 | Madame lit another cigarette and blew a long curl of blue smoke upwards from the side of her mouth . |
| 23 | The lance shivered , the shaft splintering halfway down to the guard , and Hotspur hurled it from him , and reached a long arm to snatch at the bridle as he was swept past , and drag the terrified horse to its feet again . |
| 24 | He uncorked his canteen and took a long drink of water . |
| 25 | The other picked up his drink and took a long swallow , watching her over the rim of the tankard . |
| 26 | He tossed the paper on to a chair , then picked up his glass and took a long swallow , watching her over the rim with open mockery . |
| 27 | He was on his hands and knees and , although his leg hurt him , he moved quickly across the deck and took a long knife from among some ropes . |
| 28 | ‘ More than likely , ’ grinned Yanto and took a long swig . |
| 29 | But he accepted the proffered wine and took a long draught , letting a thoughtful silence fall . |
| 30 | He did his teeth and took a long shower , first hot then cold . |