Example sentences of "a long [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coffin gave him a long look and he was n't laughing . |
| 2 | The place in which he found himself was a tall grimy building with a long passageway and the whole place reeked of cheap perfume . |
| 3 | There was a sinister and often rehearsed entrance wearing a long cloak and looking like Count Dracula . |
| 4 | Douglas , the capital , is a busy town by island standards with a long beach and traditional Victorian promenade . |
| 5 | For all that , it had the feel of a city wakening up after a long sleep and beginning to shake off decades of despair . |
| 6 | I have lived through a long nightmare and am shattered by what was done to me . |
| 7 | He was a scholar and for many years studied to learn the ways of dragons ; he was proud but not stupid , and he learned all that the books could teach him , and then he set off on a long journey and captured two baby dragons and brought them home as pets . |
| 8 | If you are taken to Harmondsworth after a long journey and several hours of interrogation by Immigration Officers , there is nowhere for you to lie down and rest . |
| 9 | It was not a long journey and as the sun was shining it was a very pleasant one . |
| 10 | ‘ I think so , ’ she said , straightening in her seat and looking around like someone who 'd fallen asleep on a long journey and awoken in an unfamiliar place . |
| 11 | ‘ I really ought to be going , ’ said Penelope , ‘ what with having a long journey and work tomorrow . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He took a long drink and filled his bottle . |
| 14 | Its defects were emphasised by its proximity to Shrubland Park , a splendid Palladian mansion with a long drive and imposing gatehouses , which first-time visitors sometimes mistook for the RCM building . |
| 15 | Set back from the road by a long drive and framed by a crescent of trees , Mains Hall is both an imposing and yet secluded 16th-century manor house with a romantic past — it was here that George IV courted his wife to be , Marie Fitzherbert . |
| 16 | He had had a long drive and , in the face of great provocation , behaved , on the whole , exceedingly well . |
| 17 | One of the things that some chaps found amusing when they went to the " heads " ( the head is what the Navy calls the loo ) , you sat in a long row and a great flush of water ran right through a row of 20 or 30 . |
| 18 | Do these exercises whilst looking into a long mirror and do them smoothly . |
| 19 | ‘ Just when a player thinks he is past him , Pally will stick out a long leg and nick the ball off him . |
| 20 | We had a group photograph with a long time-exposure and a friend of mine , a dear friend , ran from one end of the back line to the other and had his picture twice on the same photograph . |
| 21 | It has a long history and in 1843 twelve Bronze Age artefacts and two portions of a sword were found whilst digging a drain . |
| 22 | The matter has a long history and is illustrative of how law can lag behind what is thought to be economically desirable . |
| 23 | As we pointed out earlier , the kind of model for insider evaluation that Shipman proposes has a long history and there is little evidence that it has been significantly displaced by newer alternatives . |
| 24 | Skelton is a village with a long history and an attractive character in the area of the church . |
| 25 | Like copyright , patent law has a long history and has developed as a means of protecting innovation which has a benefit to innovator and public alike . |
| 26 | ‘ I did n't deserve to be in the squad for the championship game with Down , but it 's a long road and as you mature you realise that as the year progresses certain players will falter and others will come to prominence . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ After seeing the PM you took a long leave and then came back . |
| 28 | Check for level with a long board and builder 's level |
| 29 | All you had to do was wear a long raincoat and a glum expression — the rest was simply implied . |
| 30 | Iris came aboard with him , wearing a long dress and in full warpaint . |