Example sentences of "then [verb] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | She now knelt down by Robbie Felton 's side and tentatively , she put her hand inside his thick blue cloth jacket , then drew in a long slow breath when she could feel the beating of his heart . |
| 2 | He then embarked on a long tirade about the tactics we should adopt for a forthcoming game with an Army side . |
| 3 | Took up some good positions , had one half chance which the keeper did well to hold , and then chased after a long ball , outrun 2 defenders , hit it first time from 25 yards or so — straight into the bottom right corner , well the keeper got a slight touch which lifted it a bit higher but you get the idea . |
| 4 | On walking into the Stop Hinkley Centre , Marshall introduced himself with typical candour as ‘ the enemy ’ , then launched into a long shaggy dog story about how much opposition there had been to a hydro-electric scheme in Snowdonia . |
| 5 | She read it through and then sat for a long time on the white strips of the reclining chair in which she had first seen Signor Fixit . |