Example sentences of "[adv] on [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The omnipresent cul-de-sac , for example , lowered speeds but not enough for child safety , especially on the long straight legs . |
| 2 | well either two or four times er turned down on a long handle for pouring things er out of the , I mean like , when I used |
| 3 | Our first sight of the island was a sharp mountain peak jutting through the low cloud which unfortunately spoiled our view , but in minutes we were through the cloud and touching down on the long black runway which ran parallel to the shores of the fiord . |
| 4 | Michele caught her and , carrying her back into the living-room , put her down on the long couch . |
| 5 | He did n't think of her as often now , except perhaps on a long weekend when he was off-duty ; the rest of the time he had things to occupy his mind . |
| 6 | Only on a long , fast bend can the tail be persuaded to step out , and then only under strong provocation and with little drama , as the drivetrain begins to feed the power rearwards . |
| 7 | James Menzies and the McLaggans , riding on horses , led the rest away on the long climb of the hill to Dunskiag , a gaunt treeless place where the owner lived without a woman and three great staghounds with long coarse hair slavered to get at them , wrenching their chains . |
| 8 | Now that she had had time to think everything through on the long walk home , she had soon realised how ridiculous her accusations must have sounded . |
| 9 | After a print run of , say 100 A4 sheets , the printed sheets are then turned over on the long axis , and the same print is made on the reverse . |
| 10 | And I think that was the situation for a lot of people , that erm if they did n't take the the flat that was offered to them , then they would be virtually erm either still on a long waiting list or homeless . |
| 11 | She stopped a few feet away , so that she was hidden by the curtains , and fixed her gaze unblinkingly on the long black Mercedes that was heading sedately up the driveway . |
| 12 | He was a scholar and for many years studied to learn the ways of dragons ; he was proud but not stupid , and he learned all that the books could teach him , and then he set off on a long journey and captured two baby dragons and brought them home as pets . |
| 13 | He set off on a long rambling account of something that had happened in the bar that afternoon . |
| 14 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
| 15 | She and Sebastian were off on a long honeymoon , to spend two months in Tuscany in an old farmhouse belonging to friends of Deborah and Stephen : it was temporarily in need of a caretaker . |
| 16 | But he stood there watching until the little car had disappeared , as though Ellen were setting off on a long and dangerous journey from which she might never return . |
| 17 | The boatman scampered across to the opposite gunwale , turned the boat , turned it again and set off on a long glide which took them close in along the bridge . |
| 18 | However , Jacques Etienne never forgot his Hebridean origins and in 1826 set off on the long , difficult journey to his father 's home at Howbeg . |
| 19 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
| 20 | The servant , a white-coated padder trained for the infrequent appearance of people like us , goes off on the long march to the kitchens . |
| 21 | Here he stuck out his chest and strutted about like a professional walker setting out on a long distance race . |
| 22 | He launched out on a long story . |
| 23 | As she let her breath out on a long sigh Hilary moved reluctantly away . |
| 24 | Letting his breath out on a long sigh , he changed his mind . |
| 25 | Later we stretched out on the long benches of the White Horse Farm , comparing our bruises and recounting our 30-mile epic . |
| 26 | And so I set out on the long journey back to Thornfield . |
| 27 | He laid it carefully out on the long table whilst waving Corbett over . |
| 28 | He is a great example to anyone who has a setback and it is marvellous to hear how he has put adversity behind him as he sets out on the long slog round the tough pro circuit once again . |
| 29 | The short pole was now out of the question so it was out on the long pole . |
| 30 | Jules took a piece of pandoli and chewed contentedly on the long biscuit . |