Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cindy Hill breathed out a long sigh of relief . |
| 2 | Patrick Kelly and Frederick Flowers went back a long way . |
| 3 | When the 10th Plenum of the Central Committee met in September 1956 , Vo Nguyen Giap read out a long list of errors , some quite devastating : ‘ We have failed to realise the necessity of uniting with the middle-level peasants . |
| 4 | Hans let out a long breath . |
| 5 | Penry reached out a long arm and drew her in front of him so that she stood in the shelter of his arms as he held the wheel . |
| 6 | Harry let out a long breath . |
| 7 | He and Ockrent go back a long way — to a jointly written screenplay for Paul MacCartney , which ‘ never saw the light of day — a damn shame , because it was a lot better than Broad Street . |
| 8 | Dipping her two hands in the neck of Cissie 's night-shift , Beth drew out the long brown locks , spreading them over the collar and fanning the hair out as it was not altogether dry . |
| 9 | Ellen Harker let out a long breath and relaxed visibly . |
| 10 | Lucy sounded hesitant as Virginia turned down the long curving drive of the house , pulled the estate car into the shade of the cedar tree and cut the engine . |
| 11 | Middlemass stretched out a long arm and held the instrument to his left ear . |
| 12 | From the back seats the Shermans heard Jacques suck in a long irritable breath . |
| 13 | The armies that came to Lebanon marched down a long , dull tunnel that inevitably ended in brown smoke and pieces of flesh . |
| 14 | Sub David Cork was brought down by Wes Saunders after Cusack headed down a long punt by Prudhoe , but Cook , taking the responsibility instead of the absent Lee Ellison , blasted his spot kick too close to Gareth Howells and the keeper pushed the ball away . |
| 15 | Well a great situation Scott Gemmell followed up the long ball picked up the as they ran at the defence and then he 's committed to play it and then he 's just just slid it in nicely for Kingsley Black on his left side . |
| 16 | Released from duty and put on the case , Renko builds up a long list of suspects , Zita having slept with most of the crew and possibly some of the flatfish . |
| 17 | Robyn let out a long , quivering breath and felt the treacherous ache in her body . |
| 18 | Evans let out a long whistle . |
| 19 | Later , when they were in their bedroom , preparing for Evensong , John pulled out a long legal envelope from his travelling writing case and said : ‘ Here is my real present to you . |