Example sentences of "[verb] on the long " in BNC.
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| 31 | Sara curtsied , and backed to the door ; and it was only when it had closed behind her and she was standing on the long , tiled landing that she realized that her future mother-in-law had not once asked about her family in Ireland . |
| 32 | Both are worried that Keith is embarking on the long downhill road to delinquency and even the nursery staff have resorted to clichés to describe his behaviour . |
| 33 | He had on the long white cloak which signified to the audience that he was wearing nothing at all . |
| 34 | The bulletin is unique among national galleries of art and is highly regarded , drawing as it does on the long standing interdisciplinary tradition of London 's National Gallery . |
| 35 | Work on the long term test at Cusiana in Colombia has highlighted the special need to ensure formation damage is minimised in the difficult geology of the Llanos foothills . |
| 36 | In cases where a tumour suppressor gene is inactivated , repetitive cellular repair may lead to uncontrolled cell division and malignant transformation ; a putative tumour suppressor gene has been described on the long arm of chromosome 17 . |
| 37 | The only time that works on the long distances is if there 's high pressure . |