Example sentences of "[vb past] a long [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Currabinny Community Association then provided a long list of other sources of responsible relevant information . |
| 2 | As soon as the train started , I drew a long breath of relief . |
| 3 | Others described a long tail of various colours streaming behind a big light . |
| 4 | Her later research in this area involved a long study of the complex genetic interactions in Matthiola incana , on which she published twenty-two papers . |
| 5 | Under this leadership the school of geology at Cambridge spawned a long list of well-known geologists who served in universities , geological surveys , and museums in Britain , India , South Africa , and other countries . |
| 6 | Suddenly , the Junkers belched a long tongue of red flame , straightened out for a moment and then spun down into the water . |
| 7 | He allowed a long streamer of mucus to hang from his mouth , watching as it struck the white enamel of the sink and trickled slowly into the plughole , leaving a crimson slick behind it . |
| 8 | He whispered a long coil of Chinese phrases to his boy helper , and the child looked up at me , almond eyes shining in a brim-shadowed face . |
| 9 | Fish-bone paste and heated animal glue made a long process of bonding work , whilst injection moulding and plastics did not exist . |
| 10 | I became especially interested in apes and made a long study of chimpanzees . |
| 11 | Between 1947 and 1955 a man called Will Cowan made a long series of short documentaries on the popular Jazz artists of the era . |
| 12 | The plan to make unions responsible for unofficial action arose out of the strikes in the summer on the London Underground , where an informal group of drivers and guards led a long series of stoppages over pay . |
| 13 | As they entered the little general store , Fen produced a long list of necessities , and when they left their arms were piled high with brown paper bags . |
| 14 | The man found in the Queen 's bedroom admitted a long list of offences . |
| 15 | The G M B's got a long record of joining forces with others which has proved to be successful , but if we 're gon na be honest , it 's always been recognized that we would be the predominant union and yes Apex members we should have been honest with you at the time of merger , because it 's quite clear you was gon na lose your identity to at least to some extent and we should have been honest about that . |
| 16 | The tocsin bell was balanced on an iron ring and from its great brass tongue hung a long piece of cord . |
| 17 | It was when I got into the Law Courts and began a long series of litigation lasting twenty five years " . |
| 18 | After a century there began a long period of sea warfare and skirmishing over the north of Ulthuan . |
| 19 | She heard him running lightly down the stairs , and breathed a long sigh of relief . |
| 20 | There then followed a long period of muddle and confusion not helped by the fact that no one had a recent photograph of Blake and that it was a Saturday evening . |
| 21 | There followed a long period of explanation of what we did followed by negotiations on what we would have to do to meet the standard . |
| 22 | Haytons conviction for causing death by reckless driving followed a long string of motoring offences . |
| 23 | It was no use trying a friendly smile because you immediately developed a long line of followers and felt like a comet with a tail . |
| 24 | The Bolsheviks inherited a long tradition of centralist rule from which they had suffered , but whose methods they had imbibed only too deeply . |
| 25 | It was a fall down the cellar steps of one of these houses which started a long history of back trouble . |
| 26 | Kuypers then started a long series of collaborative studies in which injuries to some of these connections in the monkey 's brain were correlated with the defects they produced in performance of movements ; the poising of an arm , for instance , to carry out an operation with the fingers could be dissociated from the ability to use the fingers skilfully . |
| 27 | Madame lit another cigarette and blew a long curl of blue smoke upwards from the side of her mouth . |
| 28 | In the suspended moment Jess saw a long strand of cobweb stretching from window to floor , flecks of dust spinning in a shaft of sunlight , her petticoat in a ball against a pile of hay , the filthy shirt on the nail where she 'd hung it the night before . |
| 29 | The war of 1689 – 97 saw a long series of such contacts between the belligerents almost from its outbreak ; and the final settlement stemmed from protracted discussions between French and Dutch emissaries in 1694 – 96 . |
| 30 | When I turned I saw a long patch of the fluorescent dye that the Germans carried staining the sea a light yellow-green but could not pick out the pilot . |