Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [art] long [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the performance of monocrystalline cells drops off with the longer wavelengths of light in this spectrum . |
| 2 | Scottie loved travelling and behaved splendidly during the long drives and sailing periods . |
| 3 | Ask many tradesmen what they use to rip timber ( cut parallel with the longest sides , along the grain ) and they reply ‘ a Skil saw ’ . |
| 4 | But her own body told her a different story which , lying here for the long days of rest which had been prescribed for her , she had heard clearly enough through the bird-twitter of Linnet and her mother , and Tristan 's determined joviality . |
| 5 | They turned abruptly into the long gardens of the Inner Temple , fenced off from sightseers . |
| 6 | Secure on to the long sides of the house ( two on each side ) with a little royal icing . |
| 7 | Polar plants appear to have adapted positively to the long days , long nights , low light intensities and other special conditions ( Chapter 2 ) of their environment . |
| 8 | Twenty metres or so from the grass-packed hill which looks over the Rabbit Grounds I switched to Silent Running , pacing stealthily through the long weeds and reeds , careful not to let anything I was carrying make a noise . |
| 9 | Who can come out with the longest words in a minute |
| 10 | The magnificent engine was strong and skilful still , but the suppleness and the sap were drying up in the long sinews , the head was already a death's-head . |
| 11 | Later we stretched out on the long benches of the White Horse Farm , comparing our bruises and recounting our 30-mile epic . |