Example sentences of "long [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again you can pick up the stitches and knit them directly on to the edge , or you can knit long strips or tubes and sew them neatly in place . |
| 2 | Roll out the trimmings to four long strips and cover the cake drum around the cake . |
| 3 | Cut out four long strips and use to cover the cake drum around the cake , securing on with a little royal icing and trimming to fit . |
| 4 | Lewis was plump , and rather coarse in appearance ; Williams , who has been unkindly likened to a monkey , was actually rather ethereal in manner , with his long fingers and piercing eyes . |
| 5 | Britta shook her hair free of the long fingers and their slow stroking . |
| 6 | Raising a hand , Vitor clasped her chin in his long fingers and held her almost fiercely for a moment . |
| 7 | The banks of computers were busy , and together Viktor and Gusev read the long print-outs and the cross-references and the counterchecks on the information . |
| 8 | Although I must admit … ’ he paused to slow the car down before turning off the road to come to a halt outside an attractive inn , thatched , gabled and wooden-beamed , its façade ablaze with baskets of flowers , its forecourt furnished with long trestle-tables and carved wooden chairs . |
| 9 | He had half-expected that the response would be a thrust of the long spurs and a head-down gallop for the open , and those ahead had orders to bring down the horse if Isambard tried it ; but instead he stirred gently in the saddle and brought his mount edging forward in obedience to the order , dancing restively past the quivering arrow , and almost abreast of Owen 's hiding-place . |
| 10 | Long necks and long legs enable the birds to both keep a wary eye over the landscape and to make a speedy departure should they be threatened . |
| 11 | Expeditions to the bottom of the peat-filled loch in 1976 resulted in many photographs of what appeared to be a herd of giant sea-creatures with paddle-like fins , long necks and calf-like heads . |
| 12 | Limbs were often not properly joined with bodies and the long necks and rigidity of attitudes recall the shapes of the clay idols of the period . |
| 13 | Grey herons contorted to strange shapes as they stretched long necks and peered into the shallows . |
| 14 | It must be the influence of Jekyll and Hyde , which has been strong since John Barrymore grew long teeth and took to scuttling about dark expressionist streets , bashing and killing . |
| 15 | She showed him the long notes and the short notes . |
| 16 | The text , ‘ Omnis terra adoret te ’ ( ‘ All the earth worships thee ’ ) , evokes a majestic tempo , emphasized by long notes and rests at the end of the movement , preceding the evidently joyful ‘ Et psallat tibi , in duple time , marked légèrement ( one of the ‘ time-words ’ discussed below ) . |
| 17 | You can make up round tables from cheap wood and cover them with long cloths and changeable overcloths . |
| 18 | Although their long galleries and multitude of rooms provided a greater degree of privacy for the gentry families , the homes were still very much public places , the more so according to the rank of the owner . |
| 19 | The coming out of the horse , following long discussions and meetings between doctors , nurses , patients and artists , was also an opportunity to denounce the miserable conditions of the Mental Hospital , the backwardness of the law in force , the nurses ' working conditions and , above all , the lack of real prospects for all those patients who were already capable of living outside the hospital . |
| 20 | We used to have long discussions and arguments about everything from radio-controlled models to religion , and from parapsychology to physics . |
| 21 | Journalism often means long hours but it 's better than working . |
| 22 | The Profitboss might work long hours but , come Friday , he 'll leave the office at 5 pm. and devote the weekend to the family . |
| 23 | Another cliché that persists is that chefs work in contract catering only to avoid long hours and the tough competition of hotel and restaurant kitchens . |
| 24 | Nicholas Roe concluded our conversation rather surprisingly by saying : ‘ Billingsgate is a really tough environment , you work long hours and grow old quickly . |
| 25 | Long hours and tough working conditions are often par for the course in catering . |
| 26 | The vast majority from the most senior consultant to the most junior nurse worked long hours and responded to daily emergencies in a way that was an object lesson to us all . |
| 27 | Not everyone can last the course down here ; they find the long hours and the winter climate not to their liking , and there is a high drop-out rate . ’ |
| 28 | For the accompanying media corps , swelled by correspondents from the Atlantic to the Urals , there were long hours and early starts , countless mid-air prawn sandwiches , several overnight stays , two hot meals and just one real story — when Kinnock 's press secretary , Julie Hall , committed professional suicide in order to save her leader from embarassment in the row over who leaked Jennifer Bennett 's name . |
| 29 | They employ women for long hours and often in poor conditions in the production of textiles , pharmaceuticals and a variety of other items . |
| 30 | This inevitably demanded long hours and late nights . |