Example sentences of "[adv] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly a long arm came out from under the rags and a bony hand grasped Marian 's shoulder . |
| 2 | : I was playing football on the playing field at HMS Ganges when suddenly a long bugle call playing the Still sounded from the tannoy system . |
| 3 | She miss you velly much a long time . |
| 4 | If the report has to be in a statutory format ( eg a long form report ) check the required format while drafting to avoid amending later . |
| 5 | Particular care is needed where reports are prepared and it is believed that a person other than the client will have access to the report and may seek to rely upon it ( eg a long form report prepared for a vendor prior to sale ) . |
| 6 | It grew until it was a window and out through the window she could see down a long tunnel ; and beyond that the sun shining and the mountains rising over the fruit trees . |
| 7 | Wine glasses will look effective arranged down a long dinner table , alternating single large blooms with groups of tiny flowers . |
| 8 | You approach the park down a long avenue , past lawns carefully tended and set in a girdle of trees . |
| 9 | There was the celebratory dinner on coming out of the line near Cassino , when Captain Sir Hugh Arbuthnot slung a full bottle of wine down a long table at Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Makins , to whom he had developed a sudden antipathy . |
| 10 | The armies that came to Lebanon marched down a long , dull tunnel that inevitably ended in brown smoke and pieces of flesh . |
| 11 | On that occasion , I was moving down a long , straight road with wide meadows on either side of me . |
| 12 | At least I do n't mean that — not a good show for you , I know — but frankly when you 've been down a long time it is a good show to see someone from home and get all the news . |
| 13 | Tabitha found herself being diverted down a long underground tunnel to the civil concourse . |
| 14 | The cab skidded to a halt , its headlights pointing down a long slope of scree . |
| 15 | I telephoned , down a long and scratchy line . |
| 16 | After dropping 100m in about 4.5 miles , a sneaky left hand turn ( just after you come to some dry stone walls ) led us down a long rough track to the Low Mill — Gillamoor road . |
| 17 | As an immigrant , one spent an inordinate amount of time staring down a long narrow hall , at the end of which , behind the immigration officers , was a divided staircase . |
| 18 | Hazel reached the hedge , crossed a narrow turf verge on the other side and found himself looking straight down a long , shadowy aisle between two rows of beans . |
| 19 | One bridled gilly held his head high and with effort painful to watch , gulped down a long sand eel , head first . |
| 20 | We fled down a long avenue towards the river . |
| 21 | It is simpler to make the note " Jones p. 253 " than to write down a long dissertation which is already in print . |
| 22 | Beyond Broadford ( which Boswell calls ‘ Broadfoot ’ ) , past today 's electricity installations , down a long roadway , lies the farm at which they stayed , and some remains of the original house still stand . |
| 23 | I have an idea that there 's this wonderful , amazing painting and everyone 'll love it and I did it , but it 's down a long tunnel somewhere . |
| 24 | The village boys had caught the cassowary that morning , coming on her suddenly in the bush and chasing her down a long slope . |
| 25 | In the resonance technique a series of pulses of either compressional or torsional waves is transmitted down a long rod mechanically coupled to the specimen under investigation . |
| 26 | US cities are different from British cities in that , housing goes down a long chain of ownership , becoming more downgraded with each owner , because the wealthy continually build new houses . |
| 27 | There the bailiffs pushed and shoved me through a porticoed entrance , down a long , dark , musty passageway into the main well of the court , fastening me to the bar ; beyond it sat the three magistrates before a square table ringed by clerks . |
| 28 | We went back , past the hall down a long , stone passageway to Peckle 's chamber . |
| 29 | Grant was moving steadily down a long gentle slope . |
| 30 | 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 . |