Example sentences of "[to-vb] a long " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She used to come a long way , right from the top of to walk down to her Co-op , a long way . |
| 2 | Suitably armed , the Princess felt confident enough to write a long and detailed rejoinder to her irate father-in-law which effectively spelled out the way she felt she had been treated by husband , the Royal Family and their courtiers . |
| 3 | It is not necessary to write a long report of each happening but the essential details such as date , time , detail and signature of person making the entry . |
| 4 | On the whole , she decided , being a rat was more chic , but nevertheless she determined to write a long earnest article soon on some subject of profound importance in which she would make a significant contribution to the sum of human awareness . |
| 5 | You do n't have to write a long article . |
| 6 | And so , although she had hated having to do it , Laura had forced herself to write a long letter to Ross , saying how very much she loved and missed him — and could n't they still try to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage ? |
| 7 | When attempting to establish a long ley , the greatest care should therefore be taken to limit grazing and treading to times of good weather and soil conditions . |
| 8 | The net effect of these transactions is to establish a long position of $180 000 in a synthetic index future which comprises the thousand smaller shares quoted on the NYSE which are not in the S&P500 index . |
| 9 | One such affront , to the Archduke of Austria , later cost him his freedom and caused him to suffer a long imprisonment from which he was only freed at huge expense — much of which was raised by his neglected kingdom of England . |
| 10 | He uses a special tool called a cheese iron to pull a long plug of cheese out of one truckle from each day 's production . |
| 11 | The first thing they 'd do if they captured one would be to hack off the two forefingers of each hand , the very ones our archers used to pull a long bow . |
| 12 | It is nowadays quite unrealistic for a tenant even to attempt to secure a long letting of commercial property at a fixed rack rent ; and no well-advised landlord would grant such a lease . |
| 13 | Throughout the Latin America/Caribbean region , we feel that this is the time to consolidate a long process which we began in preparation for the Manila Congress in 1989 . |
| 14 | He then went on to provide a long list , not of items that we could accept , but of items that we could not accept . |
| 15 | Most of all we need action to find a long term solution . |
| 16 | Bob Smith and David Brand from HMS United got inshore on their first night 's recce to find a long and uncharted sandbank off the south coast port of Gela , where the Rangers would land that summer . |
| 17 | She was unsurprised to find a long silk bathrobe neither masculine nor feminine hanging on the back of the door . |
| 18 | On a hot summer afternoon a few weeks later , Caroline trooped wearily home from work and opened her postbox to find a long white envelope bearing the logo of the Davis School of Design . |
| 19 | There is a theory that spindle spinners would have used the galleries , using their drop spindles over the rails to obtain a long thread . |
| 20 | This last is one of the first essentials of a true Suffolk ; for it was bred for use on the farm , and for use on the Suffolk farms in particular , where it was the custom for the horses to work a long day from 6.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. without nosebag or any break for rations . |
| 21 | Here the solution is to set a long net around the thicket so that it is totally surrounded and enclosed , in the hope that the rabbits can be bolted out and entangled in the net . |
| 22 | He suffered horrific injuries in the blast , but his courage pulled him through to lead a long and happy life at a retirement home in Buckinghamshire . |
| 23 | ‘ In the end Becky helped me to choose a long beaded dress with a side-split and see-through sleeves . |
| 24 | That statement on Monday about ongoing negotiations with Microsoft Corp , intended to arrest a long slide in the share price of Micro Focus Plc ( CI No 2,143 ) failed to prevent the shares shedding another 78 pence in Monday trading , leaving them at 2,110 pence , a far cry from the £30 they touched on February 15 : acceleration of the trend towards downsizing should if anything bring increased business to the company for its Cobol products over the next two or three years , and the signs are that as usual , the market has been overdoing things both ways — the shares were probably too high at £30 but are probably close to a bargain at £20 . |
| 25 | A hundred years of county council government seems a strange reason to create a long distance path , but North Yorkshire County Council thought it a good enough excuse . |
| 26 | For example , suppose that for some reason you wish to remember a long list of dissociated objects such as aeroplane , alarm clock , carrot , television , etc . |
| 27 | Those who know better will not rest contented with such a meagre peep of a lake so singularly grand , but will round the hill rather more than another mile to the west , and when the dark lake is full in view , sit down to drink a long look from that favourable point of view . |
| 28 | However , the " Big Book " of Alcoholics Anonymous , written a mere four years after the birth of that Fellowship , says " to be gravely affected , one does not necessarily have to drink a long time , nor take the quantities some of us have . " |
| 29 | And another sixteen percent is the other Ne Nestle coffee erm Blend Thirty Seven which I used to drink a long time ago and others and twenty two percent is er |
| 30 | It is up to citizens working together to initiate a long term process of communication , mutual support and joint action . |