Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] long [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , the slow course of the disease implied that any drug would have to be given for a long time in order to be effective and so would have to be particularly harmless to patients . |
| 2 | The mayor appealed to both sides to spare the city 's Turkish-era centre as terrified residents prepared for a long night in cellar shelters . |
| 3 | And he went on his way with the youngest brother until they came to a long glade in the forest . |
| 4 | What we do have and have had for a long time in this country is an acceptance within our law and an acceptance within our definitions of freedom that there are responsibilities with freedom and those responsibilities in this particular case , we have long accepted the argument in this country , maybe not as much as erm , well more in fact than some of our colleagues abroad and maybe they could learn from us from this , but it is not acceptable to have the freedom to be unnecessarily cruel and in fox hunting we have a sport that is unnecessarily cruel , there are ways in which you can deal with rogue foxes , there are ways in which you can actually ensure that the fox community does not destroy the whole , er farming countryside . |
| 5 | Going for a long walk in the country on a Sunday afternoon when you 've got a lot of marking still to do , or having an affair with a colleague — they could go either way . |
| 6 | Those and many other pressures may distract them from remaining for a long period in the Territorial Army . |
| 7 | The document has reappeared after a long sleep in California , and is estimated at £150,000 . |
| 8 | B H Payne , Headmaster of the Cambrian Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in Swansea and one of the founder-members , replied with a long letter in the next issue . |
| 9 | Monetarists argue that increases in money supply have a large effect on aggregate demand ( certainly in the long run ) because the L curve is inelastic and investment is responsive to changes in interest rates ; but that this increase in aggregate demand will simply be reflected in the long run in higher prices : the AS curve is vertical . |
| 10 | This is often impossible to obtain , however , as many of the torture techniques leave few visible injuries , or only superficial injuries which disappear during the long period in police custody . |
| 11 | Stretching to ease tired muscles , she debated whether to go for a swim in the pool or opt for a long soak in a warm scented bath . |
| 12 | When back pain and arthritis are the problems it can help to take short rests or breaks from a long stint in one position — say sitting at a desk or standing at an ironing-table . |
| 13 | Re-elected to the Long Parliament in 1640 , in which his nephew , Sir John Evelyn of Wiltshire ( 1601–1685 , q.v. ) , sat for Ludgershall , he was ‘ galled ’ at the attacks on the family 's monopoly . |
| 14 | They sit in a long line in York , yeah ? |
| 15 | The owner was a small exter named Fif , a ball of orange fur with tentacles , whom I 'd known for a long time in various planets . |
| 16 | Scroll through a long document in a DOS word processor , then compare that to wading through a Word for Windows file . |
| 17 | This led to a two mile chase on my bicycle following his refusal to answer my questions and a final on the deserted marshes where large quantities of tobacco had to be recovered from the long grass in a grey December dawn . |
| 18 | Figure 18.4 shows , by means of five-year moving averages of deaths per million in England and Wales , how the disease has behaved over a long period in relation to other serious illnesses . |
| 19 | The authors believe the cause of these persistent spells lies in the ability of the short waves to react on the long waves in such a way that , under certain situations , they favour the very pattern that caused them . |
| 20 | After returning the van to the hire company , I went for a long walk in Hyde Park . |
| 21 | A variety of reasons were proffered for the long delay in setting the seal on a deal but drummer Gary Murdoch maintains that ‘ we 've had a string of managers who did n't really know their job ’ . |
| 22 | She lay for a long time in the enveloping warmth of the bath-water , feeling a strange sense of sadness . |
| 23 | The Tynedale Fenwicks and the Liddesdale Elliots were involved for a long time in a savage , unyielding feud ; and the Armstrongs , among their many clashes , quarrelled simultaneously with the Scottish Turnbulls and Johnstones and with the English Bells , while the Bells were also feuding with the English Grahams . |
| 24 | He went to the long table in the centre of the room and looked down at the detailed map spread out across its surface . |
| 25 | He must have worked for a long time in the garage . |
| 26 | He deliberated for a long time in front of the pad , and then suddenly rose and put it away without writing anything . |
| 27 | ‘ I know , but just think of a long soak in a hot bath and a large soft bed to sleep on . |
| 28 | The cat with yellow eyes crouched in the long grass in pursuit of a bird . |
| 29 | The sun was high and as harsh as on any day Sharpe remembered from the long campaigns in Spain . |
| 30 | A month later , the boarders were sitting round the long table in the Kleibers ' dining-room , having breakfast . |