Example sentences of "[vb base] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Repeat the long firm strokes as in Step 1 , two or three times . |
| 2 | Pros fear the long bunker shot as much as amateurs do . |
| 3 | He swung round , still with Emma in his arms , and not until he saw Peggy dash up the room and pick the long , steel poker from its rest on the brass open-work fender did he release her . |
| 4 | At six I was old enough to go on errands , at seven to go further to pay the rent and rates , make the long , dreary trip to the Cap for the divi . |
| 5 | Actually , if you take the , if you , if you make the long list and then say to the client , well now , what can you do without . |
| 6 | Up to 600 Bewick swans make the long journey from Russia between October and December and return to Siberia in February . |
| 7 | Sedgefield Racers make the long trip to Chiltern tonight looking to maintain an end of season run that has taken them to the fringes of the play-off chase . |
| 8 | But you 'd do better to come down with me and make the long trip round . ’ |
| 9 | However , I think it is Standing Order No. 62(b) which states that a Committee can amend a Bill and change the long title for that purpose . |
| 10 | Hospital managers say the long delays in overcrowded waiting rooms is a worrying problem … |
| 11 | In this study , we report the long term results of dilatation in these patients . |
| 12 | As he often did , Mr Wolski headed for the staff exit the long way round , by way of the Cages . |
| 13 | Please forgive the long gap in these ‘ Notes ’ . |
| 14 | I walk the long dark pier that bends |
| 15 | it costs me a bomb for phone calls to them cos they put the long , wrong address on |
| 16 | But they also catch the long and short rhythms of whole human lives and energies , the rush of youth , the coming of exhaustion and indifference , as no other writing I know does . |
| 17 | Those technologists and designers who question these processes and challenge the long term viability of the present approach to systems design are written off as being unrealistic or even senile . |
| 18 | Let's snuff out the shod people and welcome the long shadows . |
| 19 | Consider the long tendon that attaches at one end to the muscle flexor digitorum profundus and at its other end to digit 3 . |
| 20 | Only after several days does it fuse with the egg and so complete the long process of fertilisation . |
| 21 | In this report we assess the long term ( 5–7 year ) survival , exercise capacity , perceived quality of life , and employment in these 18 patients . |
| 22 | Once you have seen which publishers might be interested in your novel , you begin the long process of sending it to one after another . |
| 23 | As we begin the long curve and haul out of the city , rain spots the windshield . |
| 24 | Oxford United begin the long climb from the bottom . |
| 25 | It says : ’ Such concentration on meeting the Government guarantee , and use of funds originally earmarked for other purposes for YT , inevitably means that other aspects of our proposed programme may suffer and that we also neglect the long term development of Youth Training itself . ’ |
| 26 | Here , too , there are debates over what mechanisms underlie the long cycles and to what extent their causes are internal to the capitalist system or derive from external factors . |
| 27 | ‘ We recall the long established principle of the UK Parliament , stretching back to 1860 and before , and reasserted even during the dark days of the Second World War , against taxing knowledge , reading , ideas and the demand for literacy and information . |
| 28 | Under the supervision of ‘ Nobby ’ Clarke , many younger visitors and adults enjoy the long ride of half a mile alongside the standard gauge platforms . |
| 29 | Tuck the neck end over the filling , draw the long sides of the bird over the stuffing and sew up with fine string to encase completely . |
| 30 | England get the long rest because their five group matches have been squeezed into seven days while other teams , like Pakistan , the hosts , have their pool games spread over eight . |