Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too . |
| 2 | A 12 volt battery is really essential for the mechanical action of the trimmer to work effectively over a long period . |
| 3 | He knew this was something that had been happening slowly for a long time , something that had to happen or he was lost , but it was such a brittle structure they were building , one word would topple it , shatter it , one word would be enough to jerk them back into that ordinary daylight where nothing could be changed or righted , nothing could unravel . |
| 4 | Even so , honest advertisement of strength providing cues that can not be faked may count most in the long run . |
| 5 | The increase had been won only after a long struggle . |
| 6 | That owes much to the long prosperity of California 's economy and its ( until now ) robust property market . |
| 7 | The way I was doing the deal , everyone was going to have to work together for a long time . ’ |
| 8 | Now , as she crossed into Farringdon Street and saw familiar landmarks , she stopped and put down her bag , gazing about her with the pleasure of someone who has come home after a long absence . |
| 9 | ‘ Returning now to the Long Stable , we enter the Upper Paddock , and first observe a hot-water apparatus , so arranged as to supply practically a constant supply . |
| 10 | That would be a mistake : this is one of the most satisfying and interesting CDs I have come across in a long while . |
| 11 | She lies there for a long time , not saying nothing . |
| 12 | Scottie loved travelling and behaved splendidly during the long drives and sailing periods . |
| 13 | He had looked forward to the long drive to Wales as an opportunity to push out the boundaries of their friendship , to gauge whether it might flourish in more normal circumstances than those in which it had begun . |
| 14 | In the gravityless environment of the hulk any unexploded bolts or similar projectiles could ricochet unpredictably for a long time within a confined space . |
| 15 | For the concession of hereditary tenure , though made piecemeal over a long period of time , was universal by the end of the century . |
| 16 | All the animals are in their cages , but they do n't seem to have very much space , and some of them have n't been fed properly for a long time . |
| 17 | We show that position-independent , copy number-dependent expression of the Ea d gene occurs only with the Long construct ( 8/8 transgenic mouse lines , over a range of copy numbers , 1-30 copies ) ; in contrast , the Short constructs are subject to position-dependent effects . |
| 18 | He coveted the throne and had done so for a long time . |
| 19 | We splashed and laughed and played together for a long time , sharing their delight at looking underwater through a diving mask for the first time . |
| 20 | I have said enough about the long run already , where there will be no more Reykjavik and no more big glass and not even any more lovers . |
| 21 | fixations might do better in the long run by holding out until you 've got enough cash to buy the real thing . |
| 22 | At the end of September Violet came home for a long weekend and Perdita was so bloody-minded that in despair Daisy escaped to Harvest Festival for an hour of peace . |
| 23 | That 's something that did n't happen when I came home after a long day at work . |
| 24 | And during the next thirty years composers associated with the Académie set his poems , including a translation of the Psalms , to music in which , as Philip Sidney put it , ‘ every semibreif or mynom had its syllables matched accordingly with a long foote and a short foote ’ , not monodic but in harmony with each syllable sung simultaneously in all parts . |
| 25 | Trainer Jimmy Etherington , who submitted a ‘ friendly ’ claim of £9,354 to ensure taking the filly back to Yorkshire , is now looking forward to a long winter 's break when the turf season closes on Monday . |
| 26 | ‘ Quite honestly — and who wants to celebrate becoming twenty-six ? — I 'm really looking forward to a long soak in the bath , and then putting my feet up in front of the TV , ’ she added firmly . |
| 27 | The Wisharts , who lived in North London , were not looking forward to the long train journey one little bit ; being just after the war , the trains were run down , lacked essential maintenance and did n't keep very good time , so the Wisharts regarded the prospects of the journey with considerable misgivings . |
| 28 | It seemed as if her silence at last unnerved her father because he turned to speak to her just before they were to walk together down the long aisle . |
| 29 | Helen , with the baby only two weeks away , was very large indeed , but not too large for me to get my arms around her , and we stood there in the middle of the flagged floor clasped together for a long time with neither of us saying much . |
| 30 | Transmission often succeeds only after a long incubation period , which decreases substantially after serial passaging . |