Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , wading through long grass and nettles in country churchyards , they found nothing . |
| 2 | Police driving through Long Hanborough at 2am this morning smelt smoke and called the fire brigade . |
| 3 | The minor claim is simply that if you it 's an empirical claim it says if you look at the fossil record , and you look in detail at the changes in the fossils , what you observe is not continuous steady change , but you see what they call stasis — that is nothing much happening for long periods of time , perhaps for millions of years , and then rather suddenly changes taking place . |
| 4 | Driving for long distances may make you sleepy , to help prevent this make sure there is plenty of fresh air in your vehicle , if you become tired on the journey , stop and rest at a suitable parking place , right . |
| 5 | It is true that the recession has been putting their customers out of business , but accountants will always be kept busy picking up the pieces , or explaining in long reports why other accountancy firms got it wrong and are liable for a fortune in damages . |
| 6 | Work in progress relating to long term contracts is to be stated at cost plus attributable profit earned to date less provisions for anticipated losses and progress payments received . |
| 7 | Work in progress relating to long term contracts is to be stated at cost plus attributable profit earned to date less provisions for anticipated losses and progress payments received . |
| 8 | CORTEX Consisting of long , thin cells , the Cortex provides elasticity to the hair . |
| 9 | The forest Tungus wore deerskin clothing consisting of long , supple leggings , a loin-cloth , and an edge-to-edge coat with a separate bodice to fill in its open front . |
| 10 | The arm combs are well developed ; consisting of long pointed spinelets . |
| 11 | Some studies have used marks on shells that would disappear if shells decrease in size ; it is known that molluscs can remain living for long periods without detectable growth ; and some studies have recorded negative growth but dismissed it as apparent error . |
| 12 | They found the gentlemen in the club in white tie and tails all smoking through long cigarette holders , as was the fashion . |
| 13 | Go searching through long lists of file names to find what you 're after . |
| 14 | The tape recorders were supplied by the British Ferrograph Company of South Shields , who made an extremely high-quality and tough recorder capable of operating for long periods without attention . |
| 15 | The wind bowing with long cat-gut cries |
| 16 | Second , because of the rules governing the payment of supplementary benefit to strikers ( to be discussed below ) the present system results ‘ in short strikes developing into long strikes ’ . |
| 17 | He was living in Long Island . |
| 18 | The sun was gliding in long flickering beams across the wooden floor . |
| 19 | Most time was spent retrieving ill-considered casts from trees , hunting in long grass for flies , cracked off . |
| 20 | Dorothy 's liking for long country walks upset the neighbours and her aunt tried to intervene ; Dorothy replied that her brother 's virtues were ‘ sufficient protection ’ . |
| 21 | Among Max 's other hobbies are going for long walks , travelling in the car and sitting on the fax machine , which always gives him a surprise when it starts working . |
| 22 | To avoid this aggravation , I used to spend my weekends going for long walks by the river . |
| 23 | My habit of going for long walking and cycling trips alone further exacerbated my reputation for oddness . |
| 24 | ‘ Our favourite times are Sunday afternoons , cooking , watching television and going for long walks . ’ |
| 25 | He remembered one time he 'd walked up here , in May , after she had started seeing him in the afternoons and going for long walks along the canal-side . |
| 26 | There is no alternative to sitting down and slogging through long lists of vocabulary . |
| 27 | The delays were caused mainly by patients waiting for long term care ( because private provision had n't kept up with demand ) . |
| 28 | He was holding himself rhythmically now , pumping with long , smooth strokes . |
| 29 | Because there is a preferred grain orientation in most sediments , the particles lying with long and intermediate axes parallel to the depositional surface , thin sections for size analysis of such sediments should be cut parallel to bedding or cross-bedding surfaces . |
| 30 | There had been complaints for many years from the canal 's users , fed up with waiting in long queues at one end for the procession of boats to clear from the other ; like sitting at traffic lights that never change to green . |