Example sentences of "with a long [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A separate area is being given to modern day Stoddard , this time representing a thriving Company of significance with a long established history . |
| 2 | It is merely to stand at variance with a long established tradition — a long established system of beliefs based ultimately on someone 's speculative interpretation . |
| 3 | Put the rest in unit trusts with a long established firm . |
| 4 | Well , why not kick off with a long tropical cocktail in Trader Sam 's beach bar — freshly picked fruits , a tall glass , a cascade of ice , and a healthy splash of something a little stronger ! |
| 5 | These comparisons and studies embrace industrial settings involving dominated labour markets , industrial systems generated by decentralised industrial growth , newly emerging industrial systems in rapidly expanding towns and industrial systems with a long industrial tradition experiencing a rapid decline of manufacturing employment and a rapid increase in service employment . |
| 6 | He was a tall , bony old man , with a long melancholy face and little bushy whiskers — ‘ lamb cutlets , ’ thought Breeze , for they were too small to be called ordinary mutton chops . |
| 7 | The captain joined in with a long raucous song , beating time on the tea tray . |
| 8 | To cap it all , the Devil has taken over the church and sits impaled on the spire with a long snaky whip sorting out anyone who 's left . |
| 9 | An activist with a long anti-racist record says : ‘ They are the real Jews … |
| 10 | If it suits you , you can relax with a long refreshing drink on the poolside terrace — and drink in the atmosphere as well . |
| 11 | Know what saved him ? " he asked , and jabbed his own ribs with a long straight thumb . |
| 12 | dark , with a long straight nose and arched eyebrows . |
| 13 | Her face was large and round and slightly concave , with a long sharp nose . |
| 14 | Limone would be a good choice for those who seek no more from a holiday than a chance to completely relax in the sun with a long cool drink . |
| 15 | A large man with a long ginger beard and straggly blond hair stood there . |
| 16 | The Sherman brothers looked up to see the governor and their father talking to an old Annamese with a long gray goatee , who was wearing a black-winged Ming dynasty mandarin 's bonnet and a long embroidered gown of brilliant sea-green silk . |
| 17 | Min 's head was almost level with her shoulders and she smoked with a long black cigaretteholder . |
| 18 | She looked even more head-mistressy than usual , a caricature , with a long black gown and a mortarboard that pressed down hard till it flattened the top of her head . |
| 19 | One half was clean and pale , and the other stained and dark , with a long black section sharpened at the tip . |
| 20 | The woman stirred the onions around a bit with a long black fork and then settled the large frying pan more firmly on top of the blazing logs . |
| 21 | ‘ How do you account for Heather 's obsession with a long forgotten student club , Harry ? ’ |
| 22 | As the old woman reached the front door there came distantly but tremendously , with a long reverberating thunderousness , the sound of an explosion . |
| 23 | Had William Day , a man with a long criminal record , just happened along inadvertently ? |
| 24 | Good choices for bathroom lighting are enclosed ceiling-mounted lights or swivelling recessed eyeball spotlights ; pendant lighting should only be used if the lampholder is fitted with a long protective skirt . |
| 25 | Joseph had seen his grandfather dressed up for a sing-sing with a long white bone through this hole , forming a kind of false moustache each side of his nose . |
| 26 | A London chemist , a sturdy , blue-eyed man with a long white beard , would take his grandson for walks . |
| 27 | It had been an old-timer , with a long white beard and a Gabby Hayes hat . |
| 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 | Kirton , though , achieved rather more fame for the fact that he took his own lemons to Athletic park when they did not have the appropriate fruit to go with his gin-and-tonics , and that he watched the game from the in-goal area , puffing on a cigar with a long checked scarf around his neck . |
| 30 | I can not do that with a long barrelled weapon . |