Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suspend them on long and short threads , tied to a wire coat-hanger . |
| 2 | But who can tell the damage we do to our writing voices when we roughly silence them for long stretches ? |
| 3 | If you must use a rim lock , buy the best rim deadlock you can afford , and fit it with long and strong screws . |
| 4 | ‘ Basing myself on long experience of Churchill over the India Bill , I decided to disregard what he said and go straight ahead . ’ |
| 5 | But an element of rationing can override this tendency : when people know that their budgets will stand only a certain level of instalment payment , that forces them into longer repayment schedules than they would otherwise choose . |
| 6 | You can make up round tables from cheap wood and cover them with long cloths and changeable overcloths . |
| 7 | There were five boats moored to the shored-up bank , all with names beginning Duke , hung with bright blue fenders that had n't saved them from long scratches and stains . |
| 8 | 8 Get some air-bricks and put them in long grass or under bushes . |
| 9 | 1979 , 1982 ) , not only do stags that hold large harems hold them for longer within particular breeding seasons than those which hold smaller harems ( Fig. 23. 1a ) , but individuals that are consistently successful in securing large harems throughout their lives tend to live longer than their less successful competitors ( Fig. 23.1b ) . |
| 10 | Walsh dropped him at long leg off Ambrose on 22 then , at 66 , crucially , David Williams , another first-timer at this level alongside Adams and Benjamin , floored a regulation catch behind , thereby allowing Hudson further demonstrations of a trademark straight drive . |
| 11 | She pointed out that the piebald donkey in leather boots that had for years pulled the mowing machine which cut the acres of grass at Deer Forest , was at the end of a useful life , and , in any case , the whole performance took up two working days of the farm labourer who drove her in long reins — reins thin as thread and cracked with age : there was nothing economical about that . |
| 12 | Paxton 's SRI trials ( Paxton 1977 ) found that island-driving improved performance for shorter sentences but decreased it for longer ones . |
| 13 | Mr Charlwood was a widower with two teenage daughters and did not want to leave them for longer than necessary . |
| 14 | And er the spoolers think they 're better than us , cos they get higher pay than us , they think it 's er they 're more skilled , it takes them to longer to train to do the job seemingly but they could n't , we have to sort their repairs again if they do anything wrong it 's us that have |
| 15 | She patiently gammed him for long minutes ; fondling his testicles with one hand , and exploring the cleft of his arse with the other . |
| 16 | She had always been too conscientious , never spared herself , been afraid to leave him for longer than a day , she deserved a rest , a holiday . |
| 17 | Cameron do n't poke him with long poles . |
| 18 | Further analysis showed no differences in results between schools in which the projects were taught for only the minimum time compared with those that taught it for longer . |
| 19 | But why does this event persist in subjecting us to long rows of tap dancers , a breed of people whose only function in life is to display the disgusting effects of sweat and sequins under neon ? |
| 20 | Ramses 's son called to people he knew on the banks , hailing them with long drawn-out greetings . |
| 21 | ‘ They included everything from long jump and discus to middle-distance running , ’ she said . |
| 22 | Ward 's voice was saying something about long distance aircraft , Gómez answering him more audibly , ‘ It 's not possible . |
| 23 | A bottle will keep for a couple of hours once out of the fridge , but if you need to keep it for longer you should store it in an insulated cool-bag until it 's needed . |
| 24 | HAMISH BOWLES met her on Long Island |
| 25 | When he had said these things they all replied that they prayed God to preserve him through long and happy years , and four of the most honourable among them rose and kissed his hands , and the Cid bade them take their seats again . |
| 26 | And both have been designed to enable you to hold them for long periods of time . |
| 27 | In the afternoons , my servant , Tabby , took them for long walks on the moors behind the house . |
| 28 | ‘ You will leave them for longer than that , if I tell you , ’ Bragg said brusquely . |
| 29 | While Maud rested on balconies overlooking Lake Garda , the Matterhorn , the Bay of Naples and the Tuileries Gardens , James took himself for long walks . |
| 30 | Namely this … ’ he paused , regarding her through long , thick lashes ‘ … if I had agreed to your proposal to pay off your debt to me in instalments , how long do you reckon it would have taken you ? ’ |