Example sentences of "long and the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My garden is all the more attractive because the gardens on either side are so rampant and untended : places where moss covers the paths , the grass is yellow and long and the stalks of sycamore seedlings have red , fungoid lumps . |
| 2 | The days are long and the nights worse . |
| 3 | While there was a chancel and a holy table the chancel was not long and the table was not put against the east wall ; the pulpit was to the side , an unusual feature in Baptist Gothic buildings . |
| 4 | It was eight feet and two inches long and the sword measured two feet and five inches . |
| 5 | The pubic louse is broader than it is long and the four hind legs are equipped with claws with which it hangs on to the pubic hairs . |
| 6 | The long and the short of it is that he came in to replace Andy … |
| 7 | The time is so long and the miles too . |
| 8 | The long and the short of it is , her father owns the two shops — I suppose they 're joined at the back — and she was standing in for her father . |
| 9 | You may have experienced something similar with shampoo : use the same one for too long and the remarkable results you may have seen at first begin to diminish after a few washes . |
| 10 | The viaduct is over 1,000 feet long and the crossing stands more than 100 feet above the river , with 12 arches of 60-foot span . |
| 11 | The long and the short and the tall … |
| 12 | At other times they lack the skills of assertion ( see Assertiveness on page 8 ) and sometimes the gestation period is too long and the moment has passed . |
| 13 | It is long and the bottom slopes downwards . |
| 14 | The long and the short is that the Linn is a player that will shake , but which may not , ultimately , stir . |
| 15 | The long and the short of my experience is that roots are what matter , and country roots at that . |
| 16 | A few snicks have evaded the proof-reader 's gloves ; it is Arnold not Arthur Long and the Gunn who figured in Nottinghamshire 's glory years towards the end of last century was not George but uncle William . |
| 17 | The rabbit 's breeding chamber is some 4 or 5 feet ( 1.25 – 1.5 metres ) long and the young are born in a nest of hair where they stay for a month . |
| 18 | It was very long and the print was very small and the exercise was very tiring . |
| 19 | There is some leeway as to when you choose to bring in the next hod of coal and restoke your boiler , but not a lot ; leave it too long and the fire goes out , and you must start all over again . |
| 20 | Our Czech hosts knew little about it , save that the approach was long and the descent intricate . |
| 21 | THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT |
| 22 | The storms seldom last long and the floods subside almost as quickly as they arise . |
| 23 | The reading passages are never too long and the progression is gentle . |
| 24 | The smallest fish was 13″ long and the largest was 17″ body length . |
| 25 | A wasteful volley was shot towards him , but the range was far too long and the balls spent themselves among the thick stalks . |
| 26 | And the long and the short of it I 'm afraid is , your mother 's gone . ’ |
| 27 | A couple of seconds too long and the cream is a ruined and grainy mass . |
| 28 | The queue for tickets was long and the ticket seller was lazy . |
| 29 | 7 A room is 12m long and the floor has an area of 96m . |
| 30 | If the car is Ym long and the trailer 2m long , find the length of the car . |