Example sentences of "[verb] the long [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She straightened the long limbs and pressed the strands of black cotton she had used for hair more firmly into the scalp . |
| 2 | The tone of Gould 's letter was typically formal and cursory , given the long hours and the revelations they had shared . |
| 3 | Given the long times required to charge the larger rods , you can see that after getting a first qualitative result with the smallest rods within a few weeks , a proper quantitative analysis to test the variation with rod diameter and current , and so establish the nature of the effect would take a long time . |
| 4 | However , given the long lead-times in manufacture and construction , it was recognised that the standardisation could only have an effect in the forward programmes for 1950 onwards . |
| 5 | Short-term contracyclical changes in electricity investment were , moreover , extremely difficult for the Boards to accommodate , given the long lead-times of their investment projects . |
| 6 | But when we talked about ‘ The House ’ — that was what we called it , there was never a name — we could imagine that just at the top of the stairs would be the Great Kitchen with its rows of gleaming copper pans hung up next to pheasants and hams and bunches of strange herbs — and through the kitchen window we 'd be able to see the long lawns of the garden where stone lions crouched with their heads between their paws and real peacocks screeched up at peacock shapes clipped out of hedges … |
| 7 | The banks of computers were busy , and together Viktor and Gusev read the long print-outs and the cross-references and the counterchecks on the information . |
| 8 | When she fluttered the long lashes of her baby blue eyes she had the timeless charm of Olive Oyl or Betty Boop . |
| 9 | Like being a child again , she thought , not understanding the long words , the adult jokes . |
| 10 | Hospital managers say the long delays in overcrowded waiting rooms is a worrying problem … |
| 11 | He used the long passageways to reassure himself that no one followed , before emerging at the start of avenue Foch . |
| 12 | And they 'd all took the long tours you know they really were interested |
| 13 | Before the plastic can break , many of the crystals have to unfold , rather like concertinas , and , in doing so , a great deal of energy is expended in unravelling the long molecules ( Plate 13 ) . |
| 14 | STIMULATED TO STUDY There 's no escaping the long hours spent alone with your notes — but there are variations that could even prove enjoyable |
| 15 | Kate Melville and Sue d'Argy Smith , whose daughters left the Church , as so many do , just before they became nubile , each took a hand and gave it a sharp pull , and over their heads came the long arms of Gordon the Bachelor , whose fingers stroked my hair , as countless other key personnel in the body of Christendom , South Wimbledon , stroked , shoved , pulled and all but carried me towards the stage on which I was supposed to pour out the secrets of my heart . |
| 16 | Medical advances almost invariably increase the demands on doctors ' time , and it is this increased intensity of working that has made the long hours of many doctors intolerable . |
| 17 | Let's snuff out the shod people and welcome the long shadows . |
| 18 | The whole border motif will fit on a mylar sheet ( actually 58 stitches to one repeat ) if you do n't mind the long floats at the bottom . |
| 19 | Through the glass I could see the long lines of blue moving away down the street and I could still hear the shouts of the corporal . |
| 20 | Both singer and players have to envisage and sustain the long phrases called for , to avoid the very slow tempo from falling apart , but when achieved , the result is worth the effort . |
| 21 | Just so , perhaps , are ice ages the long winters , the scourers of the planet , the deep sleep required for nature 's recovery . |
| 22 | The directors did n't work the long hours we did ! |
| 23 | Erm , then the erm , the insistence of the driver 's conductors was they did n't like the long periods of duty they erm , they wanted the new set up so I introduced what we call straight duties , narrowed the relief portion , so they did n't go home for a meal , they had about a half an hour off , so they were able to get their eight hour duty done in a shorter period and they 'd probably finish about two instead of half past three , four o'clock . |
| 24 | Here , too , there are debates over what mechanisms underlie the long cycles and to what extent their causes are internal to the capitalist system or derive from external factors . |
| 25 | A common criticism levelled at the preregistration year concerns the long hours of work . |
| 26 | I had agreed to be co-author , but it was not until seven years after his retirement that work could begin , for only then had his committee activities abated to an extent which allowed the long periods necessary for writing and discussion . |
| 27 | ‘ It is a long , demanding test and it is bound to favour the long hitters . ’ |
| 28 | Tuck the neck end over the filling , draw the long sides of the bird over the stuffing and sew up with fine string to encase completely . |
| 29 | I well remember the long watches of the night when I and my baby struggled to overcome a physical incapability on my part , and I can not begin to tell you the relief on both sides when I strode out of the house , bought the largest tin of baby food I could find , and gave her the first square meal she had had since birth . |
| 30 | I remember the long faces in the Tontine Coffee House at Glasgow Cross on the morning of 27 January 1783 when the news broke . |