Example sentences of "and [verb] [noun] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | They drank coffee and played cards throughout the long haul to London , only interrupting their concentration for the Sheikh 's frequent visits aft to watch over his son . |
| 2 | Edward looked up from the picture and studied mc for a long moment . |
| 3 | Unix System Labs is rumoured to be sitting on top of a major geopolitical deal that will hand USL its next joint venture and put Destiny on the long march to widespread government-backed adoption . |
| 4 | I reach over the palletwood fence and pour water from the long spout into his half-empty ice cream tub , then straighten and stare at the huge , inert body , my mind searching for an excuse to proceed beyond the shed . |
| 5 | Early in 1656 he was appointed rear-admiral of the fleet being sent against Spain under Generals Robert Blake [ q.v. ] and Edward Mountagu ( later first Earl of Sandwich , q.v. ) , and took part in the long blockade of Cadiz . |
| 6 | As with any technique , direct mail has basic principles which must be obeyed if the programme is to communicate and raise money over a long period : * It must be regular ( a minimum of eight times a year ) * It must be personal , relevant and informal * It must be good quality * It must ask for and offer something * It must appeal to emotion first and reason second |
| 7 | The imaginatively cynical Soviet political strategy had been devised , Nizan concluded , in order to defend the revolutionary-Soviet state and to defeat fascism in the long term . |