Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [prep] the long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like rearlights away up the long road |
| 2 | Lucy was also aware that Doreen 's previous anger appeared to have vanished as she carried refilled plates back to the long table , where she chatted and laughed with the men and the two guides . |
| 3 | or touching it and that pad should be big enough to cover the wound , so you should something , overlaps , alright , and then if you find , if you unwrap the roll a little bit further , you do n't want to unroll it completely , your see that if while you 're using it in practice you need to roll it up again backwards towards the back of the bandage like so , we 'll roll it up again , backwards and when you get to the bandage you just fold the bandage up around the long end and wind the short end round it firmly and there it 's ready for use again in practice , you would n't of course do that for real would you ? |
| 4 | These words of wisdom remind me of a student who came to see me many years ago after the long vacation during which she had begun her undergraduate dissertation ( with another tutor who had left the university that summer , I must emphasize ) . |
| 5 | Whatever war was being fought below them was taking place either at the long range of bombardment or the short range of a brawl . |
| 6 | James Menzies and the McLaggans , riding on horses , led the rest away on the long climb of the hill to Dunskiag , a gaunt treeless place where the owner lived without a woman and three great staghounds with long coarse hair slavered to get at them , wrenching their chains . |
| 7 | They argue , on pragmatic grounds , that judges must sometimes act as if people had legal rights , because acting that way will serve society better in the long run . |
| 8 | Is the community so anxious that its judges not behave as pragmatists that this " noble lie " will help him serve its true interests better in the long run ? |
| 9 | Fat sticky horse chestnut buds ; coal-black ash buds with green flower clusters in pairs on the branches ; reddish-brown oak buds splitting open to reveal tiny glossy yellow-green leaves : trees were coming to life again after the long winter |
| 10 | Joseph had devoured the contents of the book avidly during the long Pacific crossing and had begun reading it again after they left Hong Kong . |
| 11 | The lithe vessel left a white wake that stretched all the way back to the long iron and glass walkway of the railway terminal , a thin cord of foam linking the crowded paddle-steamer to a solid world of steam trains , corner shops , and utility furniture . |
| 12 | They arranged to come that way again next Sunday and then turned their horses eastwards for the long ride home . |
| 13 | The idle flap of the hand again , and round the next corner was another tank , then a third , hull down in the long grass like old dogs sunning themselves on a lazy day . |