Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 With his two daughters , one holding each hand , he came down the long staircase from the top-floor flat .
2 We trotted down the long flights of stairs and I followed her out through the front door .
3 Most of my friends collapsed thankfully on to their beds , but I slunk down the long flights of stone stairs and took up a position in the foyer where I could watch the front door .
4 With a fair wind Viking made short work of the intervening twelve miles , lifting easily and striding down the long seas .
5 For instance , how to groom a horse , how to harness it and how to walk up and down the long rigs alongside your favourite ploughman , listening to his songs and watching his work with the horses .
6 Voices echoed flatly down the long hall .
7 The commandos blew in its steel door , and , leaving Chamberlain , who could hardly help himself along , to guard it , they ran down the long stairway to the pumps 40 feet below .
8 Then came the two incidents that were to echo down the long ages of Elf history and set the stage for the great dramas that were to follow .
9 thank you , now we 're going to bind this up , you take the long edge , sorry that goes down the long edge comes first of all over the two fingers and round the base of the thumb
10 Word was passed down the long column to close up , and to be ready to make a dash for the ford .
11 She crossed the stableyard and went into the house , hurrying down the long passage until she arrived , flushed high in expectation , at the service door to the dining room , where Maman and Dada and Aunt Tossie were eating breakfast .
12 We swayed down the long baggage car , which was half empty of freight and very noisy , and George , having told me to remove and lay aside my waistcoat in case I got oil on it , unlocked the door at the far end .
13 The dead king seems mesmerized by them as they lead him gently but determinedly down the long ramps .
14 We had crossed over to Mykines early in the day , sailing down the long fiord from the village of Sørvágur .
15 Josh stifled a yawn and opened the Register of Membership , running down the long list of names and pencilling question-marks against those who were old or infirm or generally unreliable .
16 Latecoming thunder caught us then , in its migraine-vice of sound as it rolled round and down the long Vénéon valley before the rains came .
17 He had run down the long corridors to the lounge and arrived just as the shuttle passengers were disembarking .
18 Mother Francis stood at a window and watched little Eve go down the long avenue of the convent out to Sunday lunch on her own with the Hogans .
19 She looked down the long ride to where , at the distant foot of its slope , the lake shuddered in the wind .
20 He slid the ramrod out , jammed it down the long barrel , then pulled it free .
21 He was hurrying down the long room , with some white gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other hand .
22 Without a moment 's delay Aunt Tossie got up and sailed down the long room , the ends of her boa floating out behind her , careless majesty in her gait .
23 The brief silence seemed to stretch down the long room and hold fast by the pillars of the door , and every eye in the hall fixed greedily on the three at the high table .
24 Looking down the long straight of Avenida del Sol , I saw a rainbow 's end brushing the sign dug into the hillside : ‘ Viva el Peru ’ .
25 Annoyance flickers across his face as I pass along the long trestle tables finding nothing to my satisfaction .
26 It grew until it was a window and out through the window she could see down a long tunnel ; and beyond that the sun shining and the mountains rising over the fruit trees .
27 I have an idea that there 's this wonderful , amazing painting and everyone 'll love it and I did it , but it 's down a long tunnel somewhere .
28 Sub David Cork was brought down by Wes Saunders after Cusack headed down a long punt by Prudhoe , but Cook , taking the responsibility instead of the absent Lee Ellison , blasted his spot kick too close to Gareth Howells and the keeper pushed the ball away .
29 One bridled gilly held his head high and with effort painful to watch , gulped down a long sand eel , head first .
30 The price of shares would ‘ go down a long way . ’
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