Example sentences of "and make [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do they really physically raise a sardonic eyebrow , and make a long face , or only metaphorically ? |
| 2 | But you 'd do better to come down with me and make the long trip round . ’ |
| 3 | I became especially interested in apes and made a long study of chimpanzees . |
| 4 | I bought some black jersey scalloped with gold embroidery from the market , and made a long , three-tiered , halter-necked gown . |
| 5 | Jasper had apparently become excited and expostulatory , and made a long speech about fascist imperialism . |
| 6 | A week later he was in the chair at a meeting of the Humanist Society when he suddenly had a vision of Bill Brice looking down at him from the moulding in the corner of the ceiling with a crown of thorns on his head , and look of sweet forgiveness on his face ; whereupon he stood up and made a long , confused speech about the hunger for God that gnawed inside each of us , however stiff-necked and jeering we might be ; which caused great embarrassment to all those present , and even greater embarrassment later to progressive theologians on the staff , who felt that such old-fashioned emotive conversions could only undo all their good work . |
| 7 | The Triplane came after him and made a long , angled pass , but he was unaware of it . |
| 8 | The divan , lifted high at one end by Ludens , suddenly began to rush down the stairs , nearly overturning Jack and making a long scar upon the wallpaper with one of its feet . |
| 9 | Finally the road turns away and makes a long and rough descent , with Loch Hourn dramatically in view ahead , to the few buildings of Kinlochhourn where there is life but no sign of it . |