Example sentences of "and a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Casks are placed on their ends in the cellar and a long tube known as an extractor is inserted through the tap hole . |
| 2 | As the men at the windlass rope heaved and a long timber started to rise up and swing , the wheel on the pulley squealed like an injured dog and the man stationed at the top of the wall took a stickful of thick grease from a pot , leaned out , and worked it into the axle . |
| 3 | I have no — ‘ You have a black coat and a long tongue , Angus — they can hear you from the back of the crowd . ’ |
| 4 | I am not thinking primarily of the well-established learned journals , which have high editorial standards and a long queue of articles waiting to appear . |
| 5 | There had been several local , peripheral wars in which Britain had been engaged , notably that in Korea in 1950–3 , and a long series of conflicts to resolve colonial problems — Malaya in the late 1940s , Kenya and Cyprus in the 1950s , Suez ( most traumatically ) in 1956 , Aden and Southern Arabia in the sixties . |
| 6 | The Association can be justly proud of this project which has provided a fitting memorial for Lord Dowding and a long term investment in much needed welfare accommodation . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The financial community was also shocked by a recent photograph showing him looking like a down and out with flowing locks and a long white beard and wearing dirty jeans and trainers . |
| 9 | This will have Vikings , and a long boat , and visitors met by a floating Nordic goddess . |
| 10 | Despite the frictions , Spain 's marks — European citizenship , which it proposed , and a long transition to EMU — look set to appear in the final treaties . |
| 11 | She 's wearing faded jeans and a long black coat and has a purposeful air about her . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | On slaughtering days all the gates were carefully locked and a long wooden ramp placed against the cellar steps . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A crop of injuries and a long break from competition militate against England 's Lisa Opie successfully defending the women 's title , for which Susan Devoy , of New Zealand , seven times champion , is the firm favourite . |
| 16 | ‘ If a guy with a beard and a long , flowing robe is riding the donkey , ’ said a Football League spokesman dryly , ‘ he will still need a ticket ’ . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | At 1,000 metres , and with heavy fertilisation , yields of 10,000 kg dry matter /ha have been obtained and while adequate summer rainfall may favour grass growth , production is more generally likely to be at the level suggested in Table 2 , and a long wintering period is a major constraint . |
| 19 | He had a soft face and a long white beard with red , yellow and blue bits at the end where he had dipped it in strange chemicals by mistake . |
| 20 | The rather fat body , with distinct segmentation , and a long tail-spine are characteristic ; the head region carries appendages of grasping aspect . |
| 21 | A LONG time ago and a long way away , a factory dumped sludge containing organic mercury into the sea . |
| 22 | He remembered vividly that yellowish ceramic bowl with the trademark ‘ Challenger ’ , the big varnished wooden seat that was always pleasantly warm to the bum , and a long chain dangling from the high cistern with a sponge-rubber ball , slightly perished , on the end of it . |
| 23 | He smiled at Roland , a pleased , voracious smile , with bright blue eyes and a long mouth terribly full of strong white teeth . |
| 24 | He knocked boldly on the door of this house , and there was a rustling , and creaking , and the door opened a tiny crack , and there stood a little man , with a face as grey as morning ashes , and a long woolly beard the same colour . |
| 25 | She tried a red-and-pink Chanel shift , a Lacroix confection splattered with turquoise roses and a long green tube by Azzedine Alaia which made her six foot , 128 lb body look like some exotic serpent . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | After a whole series of adventures and a long walk they managed to get to Tozeur , a desert outpost held by the Free French . |
| 28 | Wheat , originally a plant of the hot , arid , Near East , has been somewhat improved and adapted to temperate climates , but still needs strong land and a long , hot , dry growing season to develop and ripen . |
| 29 | Wheat is a hungry crop , needing strong , neutral soil and a long , warm growing season . |
| 30 | She was wearing a white blouse , frilled with lace at collar and cuffs , and a long , mid-grey cotton skirt . |