Example sentences of "follow [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ashton makes brilliant use of this in his version of the solo , phrasing the steps so that a jump upwards can last three beats followed by two short steps or two beats followed by a long and then a short step . |
| 2 | The first two fell to the ground and the third figure disappeared into the hedgerow , followed by a long burst of fire from Taff 's Bren . |
| 3 | My thoughts were interrupted by several loud bangs from very close by , then two flares lit the sky , hanging eerily just above the trees , then drifting out of sight a short distance away , followed by a long burst of machine gun fire . |
| 4 | The Pathfinder Platoon is the only brigade sub-unit to use this free-fall technique , Which enhances the chances of avoiding detection and involves leaving the aircraft at heights of up to 25,000 feet , followed by a long free-fall descent and then landing using steerable parachutes . |
| 5 | It was always a long wait at the bus stop , followed by a long ride . |
| 6 | So , instead of a long run of one opera followed by a long run of another , operas would only be performed perhaps twice in succession and then not again for two or three weeks , during which other works would be given . |
| 7 | Discussions on the subject had begun late in November , when the ‘ old navigator ’ had first became part of their lives , but Dorothy 's remark at the end of their walking tour that Coleridge 's poem would appear ‘ with some pieces of William 's ’ was followed by a long silence . |
| 8 | As in most parts of Britain the Hercynian movements at the end of the Carboniferous were accompanied and followed by a long period of erosion . |
| 9 | They all heard it , from their radios , from the echoing corridors , followed by a long burst from a Uzi that ended in a muffled slowing , as though it had been smothered to a halt . |
| 10 | The shuffling stopped , followed by a long silence . |
| 11 | This was followed by a long and tense silence . |
| 12 | It rested on a grant of authority over the whole country by Gregory to the first archbishop , followed by a long history of the exercise of this authority from the seventh century onwards . |
| 13 | Hartland took a fine gully catch to dismiss Russell ; Pringle ran one to Lewis 's one-and-a-half followed by a long walk . |
| 14 | The major disadvantage of this form of dictatorial power balance occurs with the death of the chief ; which is usually followed by a long , painful period of restructuring whereby the balance is restored . |
| 15 | Fulmars planed below , stubby necked , stiff-winged : a short burst of flapping followed by a long glide . |
| 16 | He would type about a sentence , slowly and painfully ; then would come a swift , angry machine-gun rattle of repeated x's , followed by a long , long pause during which I found myself holding my breath , my mind forming wordless prayers . |
| 17 | It is clear that such a strategy would produce an incorrect parsing when a short word followed by a long word is homophonous with a long word followed by a short word . |
| 18 | But the connection of transgressive desire with forgetfulness and oblivion is important and follows in a long tradition : religious , mystical , or romantic or some combination of all these . |