Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | On the latter subject , the author points to the inconsistent decisions on whether the effect of unambiguous operative provisions can be cut down by the long title and he seems to incline to the view that they can be so affected ; this , perhaps , does not give sufficient weight to what was said about the effect of the preamble in Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover . |
| 4 | But the couple 's solicitor Con Fernandez said the pair were just skittles waiting to be bowled over by the long arm of the law . |
| 5 | But the couple 's solicitor Con Fernandez said the pair were just skittles waiting to be bowled over by the long arm of the law . |
| 6 | The products will initially be manufactured in the US , though the possibility that Olivetti could one day manufacture them in Europe , for Europe , has not been ruled out in the longer term . |
| 7 | Now in terms of the cr the need for development , I 'm sure the panel will have read all the evidence which has been put in about the long history of the varying impact studies o on development on around Greater York , and those date back of course to the February eighty nine report which I I think you 'll have seen copies of . |
| 8 | They were walking on to the long ridge they had been able to see from the cottage window . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This sum is handed over by the long to the short in final settlement . |
| 11 | What 's going on behind the long face and the short , practical crop is nothing we 're going to see through his eyes . |