Example sentences of "to a long [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that now remains is a single tower , a poor monument to a long history of noble residences on the site . |
| 2 | Guido treated her to a long look between narrowed dark eyes . |
| 3 | Influenced by a wide range of illustrators and painters , from William Blake to Chagall , his work introduces the young reader to a long tradition of Western art . |
| 4 | With a solar-type star , however , the temperature rises to ten million degrees or so , and nuclear reactions are triggered off , so that the star settles down to a long period of stable existence . |
| 5 | King Edward VII and his Consort , Alexandra , were able to influence international events , particularly in Europe , which continued to be the predominant continent and Britain looked forward to a long period of peaceful influence . |
| 6 | Their congregations of ‘ Independents ’ were justly named in a society settling down to a long period of outward conformity and growing indifference to religion . |
| 7 | It was to lead to a long period of self-confessed misery for her , including beatings by her tranquilliser-addicted mother and spells of being locked naked with her sister in cupboards . |
| 8 | A group of chandlers stood next to a long line of gutted pigs , arguing with their owner about the price of the fat which they would buy to make tallow candles . |
| 9 | Barbara Todd , executive secretary to a long line of senior managers , retired on 3 July 1992 . |
| 10 | We dropped down from the Spa to a long stretch of empty beach and the sergeant shouted " " Right , sprint to those rocks ! |