Example sentences of "[prep] a long white [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no mistaking it : bright red , like a little cherry , on the end of a long white stalk and swaying gently in the breeze . |
| 2 | If I go out in search of a long white zip , I end up having to make do with a short blue one . |
| 3 | Joseph had seen his grandfather dressed up for a sing-sing with a long white bone through this hole , forming a kind of false moustache each side of his nose . |
| 4 | A London chemist , a sturdy , blue-eyed man with a long white beard , would take his grandson for walks . |
| 5 | It had been an old-timer , with a long white beard and a Gabby Hayes hat . |
| 6 | Obediently , Martha studied the image of a glassy-eyed young white woman in a long white dress and tiara . |
| 7 | She was dressed in a long white robe of finely pleated linen , which was belted loosely at the waist . |
| 8 | Without her glasses , bareheaded , in a long white nightdress , she seemed much younger . |
| 9 | After a frugal meal , she wrapped herself in a long white cashmere cardigan that Ace had insisted on buying her , and sat out on the balcony that overlooked the distant Atlantic ocean , and , more immediately , the beautiful gardens of the hotel . |
| 10 | A voluptuous blonde hooker in a long white gown entered the spacious bar . |
| 11 | Then she remembered someone taking off her nightgown , and a brisk woman in a white starched uniform saying something about going into the theatre — and she saw the doctor again , talking earnestly to a man in a long white gown who was pulling on a pair of rubber gloves … . |
| 12 | A nurse led Charlie through to a cubicle where an elderly man in a long white coat made him strip to the waist , cough , stick out his tongue and breathe heavily before prodding him all over with a cold rubber object . |
| 13 | Durkin was dressed for motoring in a long white dust coat and cap . |