Example sentences of "[prep] a long run " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , instead of a long run of one opera followed by a long run of another , operas would only be performed perhaps twice in succession and then not again for two or three weeks , during which other works would be given . |
| 2 | And there he has obstinately been retained , despite a long run of failure unprecedented in my experience among specialist batsmen . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | IN THE longueurs of the Sizewell B inquiry , now retained by public demand at The Maltings in Snape for a long run , there must be some lighter moments or the people concerned would have run screaming into the sea at Aldeburgh by now . |
| 5 | James , a £1.3million signing from Watford , looked set for a long run but his mistakes have persuaded Souness to take him out of the spotlight . |
| 6 | Ken and Maggie were in for a long run . |
| 7 | No I 'm not , erm if I , if I take her for a long run . |
| 8 | The only sensation he could equate it with was that remoteness that comes during a long run , when the lines of the play get delivered every night , but the actor 's mind is miles away , thinking about anything but the performance he is giving . |
| 9 | Oldfield excited the crowd with a long run from the halfway line and when he back-heeled the ball to Mills the full-back hit his shot against a post . |
| 10 | Apparently it is not intended to decide that a bowler with a long run pays more than a dashing opening batsman , but rather to ensure that a highly-paid Test cricketer does not necessarily pay the same amount as a young uncapped player . |
| 11 | But today , realizing the problems she might have in controlling her mount let alone in staying on should it prop at a hedge or peck on landing , she decided discretion was the better part of valour and shortening her left rein swung Hullabaloo away in the other direction to take what was known as the Funks ' Run , which ran round a long ridge of elms , across the brook at its narrowest point , and then over a good two miles of open ground , with only one reasonable sized open ditch and hedge to be jumped at the bottom of the dip before a long run uphill which led back to the last of the Vale hedges . |
| 12 | Here it grates more than usually , despite British voices in the mix : the unmistakable tones of Maggie Smith ; Bob Hoskins taking a break from a long run of phoney American accents to play a cockney Smee . |
| 13 | Here it grates more than usually , despite British voices in the mix : the unmistakable tones of Maggie Smith ; Bob Hoskins taking a break from a long run of phoney American accents to play a cockney Smee . |
| 14 | If you 're on a long run conditions may change from the top to the bottom ; and when you feel your skis biting through the top surface it 's time to head back to the piste before you break up the snow too much . |
| 15 | So , instead of a long run of one opera followed by a long run of another , operas would only be performed perhaps twice in succession and then not again for two or three weeks , during which other works would be given . |