Example sentences of "[noun] and a long " in BNC.

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1 The clothes were agitated by hand , using a wooden dolly , which had four short legs and a long handle .
2 She was tall long legs and a long waist — and was dressed in black .
3 She could see it all — Fernando 's heavies hauling Steve from his bed this morning , threatening him with concrete trainers and a long drop into the sea from Fernando 's yacht …
4 She was wearing grey jogging bottoms , a lilac floral sweatshirt , white trainers and a long navy-blue overcoat when last seen in hospital .
5 Well-planned and executed night attacks on machinery and factories took place over wide districts and a long time span by men who , having set governmental authority at defiance , disappeared back into the community by day .
6 The manager was giving praise but in return was met with disappointment and a long face .
7 When we got through Ramsgate town centre and onto the motorway we hit roadworks and a long traffic jam , the weather became very overcast and it started to rain .
8 He smiled at Roland , a pleased , voracious smile , with bright blue eyes and a long mouth terribly full of strong white teeth .
9 When the figure looked up the boy was impressed by bright , blue eyes and a long nose but a kind expression .
10 She was tall , about fifty years old , with blue eyes and a long face .
11 Police have issued a description of the gunman , who is said to be aged between 29–30 , around six feet tall , of slim build with a thin face , dark eyebrows , narrow eyes and a long narrow nose .
12 An immediate halt to the Government 's Hospital Trust Programme and a long term commitment to restore N H S funding was promised yesterday by Robin Cook .
13 France had immense influence in Brussels and a long and happy record of setting the EEC 's agenda according to French needs .
14 This shows a seven-snake-necked monster with animal heads and a long spotted body with four legs , suggestive of a leopard , and in addition to the thick tail there appear to be eight more , rising from , but not attached to the back and neck .
15 Before him , the ring , if not moribund , had been a dark , sombre corner of sports , best described by the sight of then middleweight king Dick Tiger leaving his beat-up hotel wearing a roomy black Homburg and a long pawnshop overcoat , a black satchel in his hand , heading for the subway and title fight at the Garden .
16 Since then , more than 2,000 such home have been erected in the U.K. and it remains the company 's most popular product , available in 12 variations from the 1,000 sq ft Hatley to the 4,000 sq ft Abbotsley — an E-shaped stately home with potentially six bedrooms and a long gallery .
17 an enormous building , very dimly lit , with pillars of wood on either side ; the floor was strewn with green rushes and a long carpet lay down the centre .
18 It has received international recognition and a long and impressive list of visitors — including the Prime Minister — have lauded its achievements .
19 He 'd tell him , he 'd get his orders from the office , cos the Deputy Harbourmaster he would go down all the sound he sound in river and see what wanted taken out , then he 'd say to my father I 'll dredge at so and so belo below docksill and docksill what they used to do they used to , my father what he 'd do he 'd put stakes on the mud , a short stake and a long stake on account of the tide and he 'd , he 'd make an imaginary on that stake , then he 'd go ashore at Wolverston , phone up what have you got on your docksill , the fella might say it 's ten feet , well he 'd say right we 'll make that twenty feet , so that 's er , that 's what he used to work on to dredge the river .
20 In the light of this , the announcement in 1989 that Honda was to take a 20 per cent stake in Rover , was seen as a further cementing of ties between the two companies and a long term commitment to Rover 's development by Honda .
21 The Coronary Prevention Group has produced a booklet , ‘ The Case Against Tobacco Advertising ’ , which ASH and a long list of eminent medical organisations endorsed and which has been sent to all MPs .
22 Across the river , standing out against a background of emerging green vegetation , was a large bird with marbled black and brown cryptic plumage and a long bill .
23 But when she quickly added a white lace fichu and a long , lacy shawl , the effect reminded her of nothing so much as the icing on her daughter 's wedding cake .
24 A long desk and a long seat .
25 It 's Bob 's lead , and one runner and a long traverse make seconding interesting ; then it 's my turn again .
26 A junior C.O. called Robin Armstrong and a long , lanky student with a brown beatle-cut were leaning against the wall just inside the doorway .
27 Everything about him was grey : grey suit , grey shirt , grey hair and a long , thin , grey face .
28 Show her an old man with white hair and a long flowing beard and she 'll really think she is .
29 One afternoon we went for a walk to a nearby village where we met an old man with a stick and a long grey moustache who invited us home for tea .
30 Sapt was carrying a long rope and I had a short , thick stick and a long knife .
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