Example sentences of "[pron] long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pulling on a sweater and wrapping my long kilt around me , I made my way towards Sheikha Grandmother 's house . |
| 2 | My suitcase was stowed and I climbed in , drawing my long skirts around me . |
| 3 | Again , I know this from my long experience of yoga . |
| 4 | In my long experience of this species , I have noticed that as long as you have only a few juveniles over 1″ , these seem to stop growing at around 1.25″ , until an adult dies , whereupon a young fish will fill the gap and grow on to adult size at a remarkable rate . |
| 5 | ‘ I hope I can give Gavin some help from my long experience of captaincy if he needs it , ’ he said . |
| 6 | It was the beginning of my long road to the Olympic Games in Seoul . |
| 7 | But I 've , I take my long lie on a Saturday . |
| 8 | I have discovered , Miss Honey , during my long career as a teacher that a bad girl is a far more dangerous creature than a bad boy . |
| 9 | I give thanks to the Lord that he has seen fit now to bless my long devotion to the wind . |
| 10 | I need not go into detail about my long connection with Cornwall and my interest in Celtic history , which had this family origin . |
| 11 | So began my long friendship with Elizabeth Taylor and her writing . |
| 12 | Mr Chairman , er , I 'd like to thank you for those nice words of introduction but I am particularly delighted as I am a lifelong member of the G M B , of almost thirty five years ' standing , due to my employment with British Gas and my long membership with the Labour Party . |
| 13 | I have already described the Croydon Corporation case , which was the result of an epidemic of typhoid , and I have mentioned my long association with the Royal College of Psychiatrists , and the fact that my only medical qualification is as an honorary fellow of that college . |
| 14 | Monday brought a sad end to my long association with Glentoran Football Club . |
| 15 | ‘ I would have loved to join the elitist few who have made 500 League appearances and , but for my spell in the Conference and my long list of injuries , I probably would have done it , ’ added McDonough , who netted 89 goals in 460 league games . |
| 16 | ‘ I was wearing a flak jacket with bulging pockets and over my shoulder was carrying a bag with my long lens in it — it could have been a bazooka since no-one searched it . |
| 17 | I explained that this had come out during my long interview with Inspector Drew last night . |
| 18 | Often now when I set off in a fairly posh car and switch on the radio and heater , I think back to those wartime battles to get my little fishing box onto the crowded trams and my long walks from Brigg railway station to catch bream at Cadney Bridge . |
| 19 | But I do n't think my long walk through the forest in an April dawn was . |
| 20 | Mr Shah is impressed by my long fax from Letterman . |
| 21 | This was the Luton Post Office murder , and although , in view of my long labours on the Meehan case , I had resolved not to take up any more cases , this was one that I did not see how I could refuse . |
| 22 | I did not venture to express my opinion , fearing that my taste might have become corrupted by my long residence in the Indies ; but since my companion had recently come from France , it was quite a relief to hear him say that he had seen nothing in Europe quite so bold and majestic . ’ |
| 23 | Because of my long commitment to Liberalism , I never in fact joined the Scottish National Party , but I occasionally appeared on their platforms and continued independently to promote the idea of Scottish autonomy . |
| 24 | Doyle seemed wary and the Woman had started to fidget with her long tail of hair , holding it in one hand and drawing it through the fingers of the other . |
| 25 | These early letters to Helen are now lost and are merely reflected in her long replies from Margate and Rotherfield . |
| 26 | Now , after her long fight against cancer , she rested in the arms of Jesus for evermore . |
| 27 | This will generate lower transactions costs than arbitrage as it requires only one sale of shares and one purchase of futures — assuming that the investor would have closed out his or her long position in shares at the delivery date anyway , or is content to roll over the long futures position until they would otherwise have sold their share portfolio . |
| 28 | Lois will make a loss on her long position in kryptonite futures of 10 × 50 000 × 0.20 = £100 000 , and a profit on her short position in phlogiston futures of 200 × 10 000 × 0.05 = £100 000 . |
| 29 | Her long experience with information systems should prove useful in her new job . |
| 30 | She could not offer advice as a grandmother , despite her long experience of children ; and now her own children had ceased to confide in her ‘ because they felt that the time had come when I ought to be ‘ spared ’ every possible worry . |