Example sentences of "[verb] with a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tall , slim woman in her early fifties waved as the car approached and , walking with a long , easy stride , she came towards them . |
| 2 | In 1805 Jesty gave his evidence in London at the institute 's invitation , when he was presented with a long testimonial and pair of gold-mounted lancets . |
| 3 | He gestured with a long , withered arm for her to follow him up the stairs . |
| 4 | In one of their battles they chased each other ten times up and down the house , Beatrice armed with a long straw broom and Modigliani with a pot . |
| 5 | This volume closes with a long inventory of the furnishings belonging to Cardinal Valenti Gonzaga not long before his death in 1756 . |
| 6 | A window opened with a long pole . |
| 7 | B H Payne , Headmaster of the Cambrian Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in Swansea and one of the founder-members , replied with a long letter in the next issue . |
| 8 | It is being driven forward by a horned deity at the rear , armed with a long spear . |
| 9 | A horse that is fit for hunting may be unable to cope with a long schooling session . |
| 10 | Daniel sliced the bird 's plump breast and pulled tendons out of the lopped legs , fished for stuffing with a long spoon . |
| 11 | The first summons habitually began with a long and belligerent explanation of why some other weekend was not possible . |
| 12 | Lots of skirts are beginning to be longer , a berry pattern worn with a long lean cardigan would be splendid . |
| 13 | The sea still echoed the storm , foot-high waves breaking with a long hush against the shingle , but the sky was blue and clear . |
| 14 | If it suits you , you can relax with a long refreshing drink on the poolside terrace — and drink in the atmosphere as well . |
| 15 | Prehistoric started with a long pan over a series of cave murals : a man , a woman , a fight , a fuck , a tiger — a spaceship . |
| 16 | Deceleration commences with a long delay number ( 25 ) , which allows time for the rotor to swing past the equilibrium position into a position where the motor is producing the negative torque required for deceleration . |
| 17 | Deceleration commences with a long excitation period ( T1' ) to allow the rotor to move ahead of the equilibrium position and produce negative torque . |
| 18 | He lined up the dead centre of the target and scored with a long , spiralling burst . |
| 19 | Wheat was cut with a toothed sickle and bound by hand , barley and oats were cut with a long scythe and cradle and bound by hand . |
| 20 | Each parcel of butter is tasted with a long scoop and then re-weighed before a buyer will accept it . |
| 21 | One Monday morning I lay in bed looking out of my skylight window at nothing in particular ; there was n't anything to see except sky because the window was merely a hole in the roof which you could open or shut with a long wooden handle . |
| 22 | We know that Eworth can be associated with a long series of signed pictures bearing his monogram HE . |
| 23 | The earthquakes here , which are associated with a long and complex mountain belt , are generally shallow and generated primarily by compressive stresses . |
| 24 | Start with a long , warm , aromatic bath . |
| 25 | See what they do with a long pink flannel ? |
| 26 | The gates move with a long , low creaking sound that echoes round the Castle . |
| 27 | Bass Collection instruments have a look of ‘ integrated organics ’ , combined with a long , slender neck and minimalist headstock design . |
| 28 | This was established in 1939 by some of those involved in the Moot , and under the editorship of Oldham it consisted of a number of editorials combined with a long signed article from writers like Reinhold Niebuhr , Karl Barth and Dorothy L. Sayers . |
| 29 | The boots are finished with a long , broad ribbon that is wrapped around the ankle , being raised to go over the join of boot and trouser if there is a danger of wet snow going down inside . |
| 30 | Marc Wadsworth , the black sections national organiser , said : ‘ We can live with a long struggle . |