Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beyond pouring oil on troubled waters , the Queen can do no more than dig in for the long wait , guided by her husband . |
| 2 | Behind the facade , behind the glittering ceremony and the IAAF delegates ’ hotels which were far superior to those for the athletes , there was a lot of wrong-doing , not least the cheating that went on in the long jump where they tried to wangle a bronze medal for Evangelisti , the Italian , by inaccurate measuring . |
| 3 | Many people claim that Frederick was imprisoned by the Turks , and that after his release he returned to Kaiserslautern and lived there for a long time . |
| 4 | Our first sight of the island was a sharp mountain peak jutting through the low cloud which unfortunately spoiled our view , but in minutes we were through the cloud and touching down on the long black runway which ran parallel to the shores of the fiord . |
| 5 | In Levene v Pearcey [ 1976 ] Crim LR 63 , a taxi-driver falsely told his passenger that the route was blocked and charged more for the longer way . |
| 6 | Dunvegan Castle stands on the edge of the sea , and looks up along the long narrow Loch Dunvegan to the north-west . |
| 7 | We abandoned the last Munro , especially as it 's a top that can be combined with Meall Greigh to be bagged another day , and staggered down into the long glen that would take us back to our morning starting point . |
| 8 | Scottie loved travelling and behaved splendidly during the long drives and sailing periods . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He walked back , around the huge tyres , and squinted up at a long , high tube that stretched from the building . |
| 11 | The Government 's principal task in the months to come will be to restore the right mix of monetary and fiscal policy — now badly out of balance — so that interest rates have a better chance of coming down , and staying down over the long run . |
| 12 | Colour another 225g 18oz ) of the marzipan green , and roll out into a long wide strip . |
| 13 | Susan went to bed early , and Breeze and Gay made themselves toast and welsh rarebit , and settled down for a long evening by the fire . |
| 14 | Jules took a piece of pandoli and chewed contentedly on the long biscuit . |
| 15 | It was a horrific crime and I hope the two thugs who did it can be apprehended and sent away for a long time . ’ |
| 16 | One night , later in their affair , O woke up in the middle of one of his long and noisy dreams and lay there for a long time looking at Boy 's face as he slept . |
| 17 | The courtyard was no longer floodlit but the moon was brilliant , filling the room with light , and Maggie slid from her bed and went quickly to the long window that led to the veranda . |
| 18 | Couville rose and went across to a long leaden tube . |
| 19 | Anna read the letter with incomprehension , then put Charlotte into her secondhand pram — donated by the Young Wives ' Group — and went out for a long and significant walk . |
| 20 | Helen asked me to explain what I meant , and listened carefully to the long story of what I had suffered at Gateshead . |
| 21 | ‘ But poisons that would only kill if taken regularly over a long period of time , do they exist ? ’ |
| 22 | After a long time I heard him get up and come over to the long wall , near to where I was sitting listlessly in the arm-chair . |
| 23 | ‘ Why do n't you just get out of this car and come inside for a long cool drink and a long cool swim and admit defeat ? ’ |
| 24 | At the junction with the road she braked just long enough to see that nothing was coming then turned right and careered wildly down the long hill into the village . |
| 25 | The boatman scampered across to the opposite gunwale , turned the boat , turned it again and set off on a long glide which took them close in along the bridge . |
| 26 | In a cold fury he stood and sat about for a long time within , twice changing from chair to chair . |
| 27 | This is not the best conversion , but fits well into the long engine bay . |
| 28 | For the concession of hereditary tenure , though made piecemeal over a long period of time , was universal by the end of the century . |