Example sentences of "[pron] to [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | We anxiously resigned ourselves to a long wait , and as the weeks passed we gradually got to know the handful of long-term foreign residents in the town , all of them eccentric survivors from days of former glory . |
| 2 | I am sure that your council will understand that the company can not commit itself to the long term investment programme , or expose itself to the commercial risks involved in the project , unless the facilities can be planned in a climate of security . |
| 3 | Undoubtedly one of the best ways the overseas student has of seeing what is required in British theatre training is to apply for one of the summer schools offered by the drama schools , and find out what it 's all about before committing him- or herself to a long and expensive stay . |
| 4 | Lydia was resigning herself to a long stretch of celibacy . |
| 5 | She caught worldwide attention last year when she claimed in a defence of prostitution charges that she could only satisfy a sex addiction by selling herself to the long line of men . |
| 6 | He led me to a long , low building . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm angry because — because you think you can add me to a long line of women notched on your belt . |
| 8 | Morse subjected him to a long unblinking stare before saying : ‘ There was no will in the safe and , according to the lawyer , it is unlikely that my father-in-law made one . ’ |
| 9 | He took him to a long narrow room in the cellars of the law courts , where phone-taps were carried out . |
| 10 | As for Miguel , he would treat her to a long stare with those soulful eyes and mutter something she did not understand . |
| 11 | Guido treated her to a long look between narrowed dark eyes . |
| 12 | Damian led her to a long dark blue velvet sofa and ordered a bottle of Laurent-Perrier champagne , which was brought to their table in a silver ice-bucket . |
| 13 | Later , in my cabin , I treated myself to a long , languorous Omnipure sauna before turning at last to the task of choosing my outfit for the meeting with the Emissary . |
| 14 | I called for the last time at the first house in the village and pressed the buzzer , but on getting no reply resigned myself to the long walk down the mountain . |
| 15 | Treat yourself to a long , luxurious bath , full to the brim with beautifully fragranced water . |