Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] long [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Duke arranged for a long avenue Or lime trees to be planted alongside a driveway leading from the main road that ran westward from London ( Chiswick High Road ) and sweeping into his Chiswick House grounds and , despite having been cut in two by the dual carriageway of the Great West Road Extension , it still remains as Dukes Avenue . |
| 2 | Alternatively , try to find the sort of rectangular table that can also double as a long desk or work table when required . |
| 3 | He would gaze for a long time and , when Gabriel had finished his tasks , would settle again until the ghost reinforced itself somewhere else a few days later . |
| 4 | However , the level of total exports and of exports of manufactures rose throughout the long boom and the 1970s . |
| 5 | He usually bedded down on newspapers and covered himself with an old blanket which he sometimes left in the porch , ready for the next night , and sometimes took away , rolled into a long wad and tied around his stomach with string . |
| 6 | Aggie drew in a long breath and glanced at the child before answering Ben . |
| 7 | Their horses were fresher , and gradually closed on Sharpe who , to spare the mare 's strength , tried to avoid the worst hills , but he eventually found himself trapped in a long valley and was forced to put the mare at a steep grass slope which led to a bare skyline . |
| 8 | Such accommodation can often be let on a long lease or sold to raise a capital sum . |
| 9 | There is the standard , spacious , minimally-furnished living room , tastefully carpeted in subdued oatmeal and dominated by a long sofa and oversized TV . |
| 10 | It was still dominated by the long nose and wide mouth , also by eyes of an intense pale blue , which always seemed to focus sharply and penetratingly on whoever he was talking to . |
| 11 | ‘ She suffered for a long time and although her father never knew about it , her mother did . ’ |
| 12 | The clothes had not been disturbed for a long time and were as thick and tangled as jungle foliage . |
| 13 | I 've been pushing for a long time but erm down here ? |
| 14 | Basilican churches continued to be built for a long time but many variations of form developed , with one dominant theme : a dome , or domes over an open space below . |
| 15 | In 1805 Jesty gave his evidence in London at the institute 's invitation , when he was presented with a long testimonial and pair of gold-mounted lancets . |
| 16 | He saw Celia sitting under a large cedar tree in the garden when he drove up the long drive and swung the car round into the forecourt . |
| 17 | Do these exercises whilst looking into a long mirror and do them smoothly . |
| 18 | As to GATT , a trade war between America and Europe would be bad for people 's stand of living in the long run but it would n't have much direct effect on Courtaulds . |
| 19 | This is the highest quality educational package I have seen in a long time and is well worth registering . |
| 20 | then you see or somebody you know looking at the long jump and they 're muttering away to themselves . |
| 21 | Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show . |
| 22 | They travelled up the goods line from Blackburn waited for a clear road at Hellifield Junction , got onto the long drag and worked up to the summit . |
| 23 | So he and his rider galloped up a long hill and then down a longer hill and then up another hill and so on without a break for eight exhausting miles , and the more his rider puffed and gasped for breath , the more he enjoyed himself and the faster he went ! |
| 24 | I said I would drive into the country , lie in the long grass and watch the sun go down until it was quite dark . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible . |
| 26 | These are goods which last for a long time and which yield the household utility-creating services both in the current period and in future periods . |
| 27 | And went on , ‘ When my mother died , ten years ago , my father did what he 'd wanted to do for a long time and moved into here , leaving me the palazzo . ’ |
| 28 | I think the R A F would would clearly be interested in in keeping in touch with what 's going on there , of course the states themselves er the picture is not entirely clear er about er what kind of types are going to emerge in the longer term but we would certainly wish to keep a a close view on what was going on and of course there is a Navy dimension to the harrier replacement as well . |
| 29 | She glanced in the long mirror and , apparently satisfied , opened an oak chest and took out a drab fustian cloak of the type customarily worn by maidservants of the lower order , the which she had borrowed earlier from the servants ' quarters on a pretext . |
| 30 | The toxic nature of some animals has been known for a long time and man has utilised their venoms and poisons for various purposes . |