Example sentences of "[pron] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It does worry me the longer it goes on without one . |
| 2 | No I am grateful to Mr because he 's finally crystallised in my mind something that 's been bugging me the longer I stay on this council about exactly what the Tories see their role here as and it 's now very clear to me , more than ever and that is that if you want to be obstructive and negative and if you go on long enough being obstructive and negative what you can end up doing is that you 'll find yourself eventually in a position going on long enough that you can make totally meaningless speeches but at least you 'll get nice headlines in the paper and that seems to me the whole essence of the Tory strategy . |
| 3 | Do they know who lies beside them the long night through , under the overhanging cliffs recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as having the only sunless spot in Britain , summer or winter ? |
| 4 | Further delays could have a serious effects on Army plans to introduce a fleet of gunship anti-tank helicopters , for which the long range Trigat is intended to be the primary weapon . |
| 5 | The Old Library , of which the long Room forms the main part , was built between 1712 and 1732 . |
| 6 | So it came as no surprise that the first chants of ‘ Flashman out ’ were heard just two minutes into a contest in which the long ball was essential in atrocious conditions . |
| 7 | What the historian is trying to do is not merely to record the events and happenings of war , but to study them against the background of the world in which the long Anglo-French conflict was fought . |
| 8 | Still , to look on the bright side : if they had been together all this time , by now they might already be a dull settled couple , instead of which the long separation had preserved the thrill of courtship in their marriage , with letters passing between them constantly . |
| 9 | Rules deal with such things as the use of Hansard and the extent to which the long title can be used in interpretation . |
| 10 | Also that each card , a slip should be inserted , and following competitors of the whole at which the longest driving will take place , where the fifteenth tee is sited . |
| 11 | In such cases TRACE tends to prefer parses in which the longer word comes first . |
| 12 | The Stewarts reigned for 333 years , through 7 Scottish kings , a queen ( Mary Queen of Scots ) , and 7 monarchs of Great Britain , making theirs the longest monarchical dynasty ever to rule in these islands . |
| 13 | No , no , no , the longer you the longer you let something like that ride |
| 14 | So , for example , in that first one the longest chain you 've got is a three so it 's a derivative it 's an oxy derivative of propane . |
| 15 | She handed him the long cane , and flinched when he swished it through the air to produce a vicious , menacing whistle . |
| 16 | And to warn him the long knives were out . |
| 17 | She showed him the long notes and the short notes . |
| 18 | Her composure regained , she turned back to hand him the long tall glass of iced tea , managing with an effort not to flinch visibly when his fingers touched her . |
| 19 | All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat . |
| 20 | Within fifteen months he secured a reunited Conservative Party , which gave him the longest uninterrupted party premiership between Asquith and Attlee , the final reduction to a rump of the Liberal Party , and a brief , innocuous baptism of power for the Labour Party . |
| 21 | He took her the long way through the house again , and Belinda tried to orientate herself . |
| 22 | Before her the long straight reach of the canal lay like a silver ribbon . |
| 23 | Not only were they the longest hours they had ever been called upon to endure , but the coldest . |
| 24 | Have you remarked , where a fast-flowing stream comes to a little fall , how the racing water becomes glassy smooth and under it the long fine threads of the water-weed are drawn along in its still-seeming race , trembling a little , but stretched out in the flow ? |
| 25 | ‘ If that does n't work we will then dig in and do it the long and hard way . ’ |
| 26 | You 've got all you 've got really you 've got the hypotenuse but you do n't need to bother with you just can call it the long one . |
| 27 | And after it the long , sudden , yolk-yellow |
| 28 | Rushing over to the open suitcase standing on a side table , she snatched from it the long paper-cutter she had brought back for Harold from New York . |
| 29 | you could do it the long round , now I think you 're okay on those . |
| 30 | Helen postponed telephoning , as one might hoard some delicacy , to savour it the longer in anticipation . |