Example sentences of "[verb] out [prep] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Briefly , after diagnostic ERCP , endoscopic sphincterotomy is carried out with a long nose sphincterotome . |
| 2 | Many students of engineering and other professional or semi-professional fields were in the past part-time not full-time , and sandwich courses have grown out of a long tradition of first night-school , then day release and then block release — a pattern associated in the post-war period mainly with the non-university sector . |
| 3 | Then , as some car in the street outside her hotel coughed and choked and backfired , Fabia abruptly came out of the long reverie she had fallen into , and back to the present , to realise that it was Monday morning — did she think she was going to sit there in bed all day ? |
| 4 | ‘ Listen for its slurred , gulping notes , increasing in speed and loudness , ’ reads one report , ‘ notes which are often drawn out into a long whistling finale . ’ |
| 5 | Despite the myths which surround the Act , it turned out in the long term to be quite efficient and reasonably humane , but the threat of transition sparked off another series of troubles in Sussex , the last concerted fling of desperation . |
| 6 | Shrouded in snow and shivering with cold , I arrive at the door of the friary , and after calling out for a long time , the brother porter gets up and asks : ‘ Who is it ? ’ |
| 7 | For it was born out of a long histtory of protest . |
| 8 | And so I set out on the long journey back to Thornfield . |
| 9 | The final tally was 41 , with 12 reported for possible prosecution , six cautioned , and 23 others either talked to or extremely worn out after a long chase . |
| 10 | The final tally was 41 , with 12 reported for possible prosecution , six cautioned , and 23 others either talked to or extremely worn out after a long chase . |
| 11 | Peter , ignoring his brother 's gibe about missing the sunsets , went to the window and stood gazing out for a long time without speaking . |
| 12 | He turned , staring out of the long window again , effectively dismissing the man . |
| 13 | It was like the sun coming out after a long time of darkness . |
| 14 | It was thus the internal policies of the United States that determined to a great extent who among the indebted nations won and who lost out in the long debt crisis of the 1980s ( Wellons , 1987 ) . |
| 15 | ‘ Or perhaps guilt has always been a condition of man , since the early days of the world , before time rolled out like a long slumber across the universe . |
| 16 | One difference between the pub and the rest of the street was that the brickwork had been painted cream which made it stand out from the long façade of varying shades of red or grey . |
| 17 | His youngest daughter was almost ready for burial , her body emptied , dried out , repacked , decked out for the long night , bandaged in the finest linen with the scarab placed over her heart , and laid in her case of painted cedarwood . |
| 18 | His morning swims at the Queen Mother Leisure Centre in Victoria are a vital part of his training which he describes as ‘ a treat for my body after the running ’ and , like many other runners , he will go out for a long run on a Sunday . |
| 19 | Mankind will lose out in the long run if wild varieties of crop plant species are allowed to die out as it will mean that |
| 20 | For example , some women in a financial position to stop work and start a family are loath to give up their careers for a period , knowing they may lose out in the long term . |
| 21 | He is a great example to anyone who has a setback and it is marvellous to hear how he has put adversity behind him as he sets out on the long slog round the tough pro circuit once again . |
| 22 | It seemed to ring out for a long time . |
| 23 | Had this apparently contradictory programme been worked out over a long period , it might have seemed more logical . |
| 24 | At this moment a lion bursts out of the long grass and bush and leaps on a warrior . |
| 25 | Mrs. Mott had been very put out by the long time the builders had stayed in the hall ; the chattering of the girls was the final straw . |
| 26 | He launched out on a long story . |
| 27 | It 's like people sometimes have problems when they come out after a long stay in hospital — or the same sort of thing anyway . |
| 28 | The common language here is ‘ ASCII , comma-delimited ’ which simply means that the data fields in each record have commas stuck between them and are sent out as a long line of text with a carriage return indicating the end of the record . |
| 29 | As she let her breath out on a long sigh Hilary moved reluctantly away . |
| 30 | Here he stuck out his chest and strutted about like a professional walker setting out on a long distance race . |