Example sentences of "a long trail of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It all starts with a few slow miles in the suburbs , then out into the Suffolk countryside , with a long trail of runner snaking their way along narrow country lanes . |
| 2 | Arrowing into the sky , blasting the thin air behind him into a long trail of ionized particles , cracking the air and land below with the plane 's supersonic footprint , outflying anything or anybody they sent up in his wake . |
| 3 | It appeared , coming across the desert , as a long trail of dust . |
| 4 | The priest completed his circuit and disappeared behind the altar screen , leaving in his wake a long trail of incense which gradually mounted into the roof and lost itself among the ostrich eggs and silver censers suspended there . |
| 5 | Glendenning follows a long trail of Darlington players who have gone to Rovers , but he is unable to force his way into the first team . |