Example sentences of "a long [noun sg] [verb] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the scene of the two-year-old 's death , a telegraph pole bears a long poem pleading with the killers to give themselves up and release the family from their pain . |
| 2 | Next we shall look at a long solenoid filled with a high-permeability magnetic material as shown in Fig. 3.9 ( p. 73 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's the start of a thing that 's sweet , ’ he told Tom one evening drawing on a long pipe filled with the first pluckings of their own tobacco . |
| 4 | Section 45 is a long section dealing with the ‘ course of transit . ’ |
| 5 | The body itself was late medieval , not wrapped in cerecloth but in a long linen shift with a narrow hem of lace ; the features were discernible , though bald , whilst the ‘ inside of the body seemed to be filled with some substance which rendered it very hard . ’ |
| 6 | He stood there silent beside the bench for a long time fondling with a wondering hand the unknown contours of his own young head in the stone , thinking himself strangely wonderful suddenly , and a terrible responsibility . |