Example sentences of "was [vb pp] in [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A set of 32 items meeting these criteria were selected for a short form of the test , and a larger set of 150 items was included in a long form of the test . |
| 2 | Looking behind him , Robert saw that he was signalling to his friend from the Frog and Ferret , who was crouched in the long grass . |
| 3 | He was dressed in a long flannel shirt edged with lace , with flounces all down the middle , and five or six more on either side of the chest , all sewn with wool , in accordance with an Act of Parliament which forbids the use of linen or cotton for this purpose . |
| 4 | Perhaps the strangest talisman — and one ( or should one say many … ? ) which made those initiates feel themselves intimately a part of the Fists — was kept in a long crypt below the Reclusiam , reached by a dropshaft which would incinerate anyone who did not sport a Black Carapace beneath their skin . |
| 5 | She was imprisoned in a long silk gown , her face pale and rather beautiful , with dark circles around deep , exhausted eyes . |