Example sentences of "[vb past] a long [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Feather drew a long breath and let it out . |
| 2 | He stopped and drew a long breath and I stared at him and said : ‘ Are you serious ? ’ |
| 3 | The man drew a long breath and spoke clearly . |
| 4 | When finally he released her she drew a long breath and mumbled inarticulately into his shirt front , ‘ I do n't know what 's wrong with me . |
| 5 | Taking comfort from the thought , she drew a long breath and Giles turned . |
| 6 | Her face was pale and her voice was as cool as ever , but there was sincerity in her eyes , and Sophie drew a long breath and put out her hand . |
| 7 | At last , seeing the impatient glint in his eyes , she drew a long breath and said , ‘ I 've been thinking things over — thinking very deeply — and I 've come to the conclusion that your idea of merging our two practices is , after all , the most sensible solution to our problem . ’ |
| 8 | They found a long platform and the remains of a goods shed . |
| 9 | Worrall gave it , then disallowed it for offside but the linesman changed his mind after Pickering made a long appeal and Worrall then allowed the goal . |
| 10 | Someone got a long pole and closed the shutter . |
| 11 | In middle age he has experienced a breakdown , an identity crisis , which followed a long illness and an operation . |
| 12 | Of course our Rona — ’ Peggy pulled a long face and assumed a refined tone as she went on , ‘ She 'll be sweeping the counter with those eyelashes of hers in that demure virgin-like way , and the poor bods 'll rush like lambs to the slaughter . |
| 13 | That meant a long walk and a hitch back to Capel Curig if there was any chance of making the pub before closing time . |
| 14 | Pushing all the forceps to one side he almost ran from the room and reappeared shortly with a tray on which reposed a long chisel and a metal mallet . |
| 15 | ‘ After seeing the PM you took a long leave and then came back . |
| 16 | He took a long drink and filled his bottle . |
| 17 | It took a long time and many attempts before the standard route was worked out . |
| 18 | For example , a reduction in the cost of grinding and polishing plate glass was made possible by the float process , but it took a long time and a great deal of money to make it work . |
| 19 | It took a long time and I 'm not sure I ever did . |
| 20 | Bert took a long sniff and looked at Yanto . |
| 21 | When he had vanished from sight she expelled a long sigh and allowed the mask to slip away from her face , slowing returning to her towel and lying down flat on it . |
| 22 | The captain lit a long cigarette and ordered more tea . |
| 23 | They waited a long time and nobody appeared but the Brigadier did n't call again . |
| 24 | So she came and talked to 'em we had a long chat and actually I mean it er does sound very interesting . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , this peculiar combination had a long life and was destined to reappear in the Middle Ages as the Albigensian heresy that flourished for a while in southern France but was eventually crushed in the first quarter of the thirteenth century by the northern French at the command of the most powerful of the medieval Popes , Innocent III . |
| 26 | The mines were large and had a long life and fitted in with RTZ 's strategic objectives , he added . |
| 27 | Over one-hundred feet long , with ninety-four teeth , it had a long tail and four webbed paws . |
| 28 | It was a relief to all of them when at half-past ten Robina got up and declared firmly that they had a long journey and must now go . |
| 29 | He had a long nose and dark hair and his eyes looked green from the light of the instruments in the dark cabin . |
| 30 | My er , circumstances are entirely different , I am the person who 's being cared for and my husband died in nineteen eighty seven , and my son in nineteen eighty eight and I was left with my young son , and he looked after me on his own , and then my daughter who li , I was living in Ireland , my daughter lived in England , and she decided it was n't good enough that it should all be left to him , so we had a long talk and we discussed it at length for two weeks at Christmas , and then they all moved Sou , over here , we got a house in Scotland , and I 'm looked after by my young son and my daughter , and since then a year ago my daughter got married , her husband moved in and he looks after me as well , so I 'm looked after by three young adults . |