Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then went on to provide a long list , not of items that we could accept , but of items that we could not accept . |
| 2 | Ford defended his action , pointing out that a protracted trial of the former President would serve only to continue the long agony of Watergate , and distract the United States and its people from more urgent matters . |
| 3 | Suitably armed , the Princess felt confident enough to write a long and detailed rejoinder to her irate father-in-law which effectively spelled out the way she felt she had been treated by husband , the Royal Family and their courtiers . |
| 4 | It is up to citizens working together to initiate a long term process of communication , mutual support and joint action . |
| 5 | Those who know better will not rest contented with such a meagre peep of a lake so singularly grand , but will round the hill rather more than another mile to the west , and when the dark lake is full in view , sit down to drink a long look from that favourable point of view . |
| 6 | The narwhal also has only two teeth , and in the male ( and occasionally the female ) one of these grows outwards to form a long , impressive , spiralling tusk . |
| 7 | To carve it out — merely to leave a long |
| 8 | For the Stock Exchange chief executive , the ignominy of having cost the City several hundred million pounds was reason enough to take the long walk . |
| 9 | Better to take a long cool walk and see it that way than lose perspective in the weary hours of the night . |
| 10 | So to cut a long story short , in the end I managed to drag myself away from this man . |
| 11 | Well I was just tidying myself up , och just a week lick of lipstick and a puffa blusher basically when I noticed that my mascara was on its last legs so I had to remind myself to stop by at Frazers Innoxa counter as any other tearproof bar theirs brings me out in lumps , so to cut a long story short I just nicked in the sidedoor — honest to god I was festooned with carriers laden down like a workhouse donkey — and I 'd to cut through the shoe department . |
| 12 | He suffered horrific injuries in the blast , but his courage pulled him through to lead a long and happy life at a retirement home in Buckinghamshire . |
| 13 | This immense destruction , not to mention the long term damage caused by nuclear fallout , would linger for years . |
| 14 | It was not to have a long future , although Mary summoned it late in 1553 to announce her proposed marriage to Philip of Castile . |
| 15 | As the shell emerges from the gun barrel at more than 15000 m/s , aluminium petals peel away to reveal a long , thin tungsten-alloy rod with fins at the rear to stabilise it and thus improve accuracy . |
| 16 | ring me up and asking I understand you Anyway to cut a long story short , he was basically saying well do you know of any computers ? |
| 17 | that was cut off there anyway to cut a long story short when we got down there I says to him what 's the damage ? |
| 18 | I 'll tell him or anyone , and I meant it , so he started on about this night at the bowling club , but it was his actions Joy , I want to know who 's coming , we need to know , I thought but why 's he fucking boss me about on my private time , anyway to cut a long story short they booked all this night out and I watched and I waited I thought let them clock that I 'm not going , so then comes a phone call , David was in the bottom office so was the letter shark , and this phone call came over and David shouted up to all of us on the machine who 's going on Thursday night ? |
| 19 | She went on to catalogue a long history of disasters : from her mother dying when she was six years old , through to the latest traumas of seeing her cat killed by a car and being made redundant . |
| 20 | We continued into the upper , easier couloir , not realising that most people abseil off to avoid the long haul to the summit . |
| 21 | She moved quickly to examine the long narrow table that had forms on either side , and although it looked clean enough she was not happy until she had washed it . |
| 22 | The following morning our team of John , a theology student from a Jesuit College who talked like Derek Nimmo in All Gas and Gaiters , James , a British Telecom engineer ( useful ) and I , set off to follow a long and complicated trail across Colchester . |
| 23 | I mean it 's not just the long it 's long squared equals medium squared plus short the the medium and the short sort of would add up to give the long . |
| 24 | As far as I know , she went on to live a long life , enjoyed the notoriety , and used it to advantage in the family business , exploiting rumours of her Evil Eye to scare off creditors , and to get the best out of every bargain . ’ |
| 25 | All the acts on tonight 's bill ( and a few others around the country ) would do well to have a long and critical look at what they 're doing and decide if people really need another adequate pop/rock/whatever band ! |
| 26 | Well to cut a long story — |
| 27 | But in a brand new fitted dress into which I 'd climbed only two hours earlier , and in which I 'd never attempted the sitting position let alone … well to cut a long and visually absurd story short , I was about as likely to have a pee in that dress as I was to share a bagel with Adnan Kashoggi . |
| 28 | Well to cut a long story short , and bear in mind the fact that seniority and everything took precedence over e everything else , all things being equal . |
| 29 | As was seen in Chapter 1 , the main debate here has revolved around how to explain the long waves . |
| 30 | I am about to take a long vacation . |