Example sentences of "[noun sg] and a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The manager was giving praise but in return was met with disappointment and a long face . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A long desk and a long seat . |
| 6 | It 's Bob 's lead , and one runner and a long traverse make seconding interesting ; then it 's my turn again . |
| 7 | Sapt was carrying a long rope and I had a short , thick stick and a long knife . |
| 8 | I I 've learnt the Pitman school but to a basic level and a long time ago and a lot of it is now forgotten . . |
| 9 | Casks are placed on their ends in the cellar and a long tube known as an extractor is inserted through the tap hole . |
| 10 | The train-shed arched over the adjacent pavement and a long colonnade carried pedestrians along the side of the station as though rather hoping that they would become passengers . |
| 11 | In the end there was only one way of doing it and that was climbing up there with a match and a long piece of wire . |
| 12 | Even Gould 's expert methods of preservation , vested as they were with such personal concern , were susceptible to the ravages of nature and a long sea voyage . |
| 13 | He has a long nose and a long face . |
| 14 | By the number of leaf stalks revealed it was discovered how many lies a friend had told that day and a long stalk indicated a big lie . |
| 15 | He has a bald head and a long beard , the combined effect of which is to make it appear as though his head is stuck on upside down . |
| 16 | I finally spotted a young man and a girl dressed as she 'd said she would be in shalwar kameez , a short tunic over long trousers , the traditional Muslim attire ; a cool white scarf around her head and a long coat , and luckily it was Yasmin . |
| 17 | When the rags came out the mass of frizz made Sally screech with horror but when Louise had teased it a little with her Mason Pearson brush and a long tail comb Sally saw that the usually severe schoolgirlish cut had been transformed into a mop of pretty curls . |
| 18 | But , as a multinational state with restless minorities and a multinational empire with resentful subjects , the CPSU has reason to confront the prospect of major war with apprehension and a long war with dread . |
| 19 | The west wing , where spacious living quarters should have been sited , consists of a bath-suite , dining room and kitchen , while the north wing has a large bath-suite and a long range of rooms , most of them quite small , all entered from a corridor . |
| 20 | For example the covered call is a combination of a written call and a long position in the underlying security . |
| 21 | The spring should be cleaned before inserting it into the pipe and a long piece of string attached to the loop on the bending spring . |
| 22 | If they call at our offices each will receive gratis a length of rope and a long nail . ’ |
| 23 | Below the Ship and a long way off , something tiny and white skimmed over the clouds . |
| 24 | I have no — ‘ You have a black coat and a long tongue , Angus — they can hear you from the back of the crowd . ’ |
| 25 | May I wish all our new pensioners , along with the existing ones , and all their families , good health and a long retirement . |
| 26 | They had seen little of the house apart from a gloomy garden and a long corridor which led from the entrance hall to the room in which they had been received . |
| 27 | Nothing daunted , the bearers of comfort brought a flagon of ale and a long clay pipe . |
| 28 | By contrast , Parkhurst , with long-term high-security prisoners , a badly-sited chapel and a long tradition of low attendance , has between ten and twenty men at the Eucharist . |
| 29 | It is not a question of being frightened of the dark ( although it can be pretty spooky on an out-of-the-way water ) , it is because I enjoy good company and a long night becomes more enjoyable with someone there to chat with ; to share the pleasure of catching big fish , or the lesser pleasure of blanking . |
| 30 | Eyes down for a full house and a long run . |