Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] the long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | France : new orders dried up as the long run of 63 reactors either built or under construction came to an end and the country grappled with the problem of an over-supply of electricity . |
| 2 | The cataclysm destroyed much of what had been built up during the long reign of Bel-Shanaar and left the Elves temporarily too weak to pursue their dark kinsfolk . |
| 3 | BORED kids are fed up with the long summer holiday and ca n't wait to go back to school , according to a new survey . |
| 4 | He clambered up behind the long bonnet , onto the padded bucket seat . |
| 5 | As Julian & co limber up for the long haul , you get the feeling they never really hated rock as the survivors of post-punk seemed to . |
| 6 | He feared the goats only marginally less than the snorting , grinning pigs , and only then because the five nannies and their billy were usually safely tied up in the long grass . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Note roughly how much you will have to take up on the longer line . |
| 9 | If so , it is difficult to know how he would have stood up to the long haul that still awaited him . |
| 10 | Managers are naturally biased towards projects showing a quick return , if they feel there is unlikely to be ex post settling up over the longer term . |