Example sentences of "[adv] by [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were already worn down by the long night and another was almost unthinkable — our sleeping bags would be a frozen mass of down by evening . |
| 2 | On the latter subject , the author points to the inconsistent decisions on whether the effect of unambiguous operative provisions can be cut down by the long title and he seems to incline to the view that they can be so affected ; this , perhaps , does not give sufficient weight to what was said about the effect of the preamble in Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover . |
| 3 | He does n't correspond to any of the multiple fictions produced over the last hundred years or so by a long line of social reformers and slum missionaries of what the working class should be . |
| 4 | arguments , all of which can be developed only by a long mental soak in the subject . |
| 5 | This sum is handed over by the long to the short in final settlement . |
| 6 | But the couple 's solicitor Con Fernandez said the pair were just skittles waiting to be bowled over by the long arm of the law . |
| 7 | But the couple 's solicitor Con Fernandez said the pair were just skittles waiting to be bowled over by the long arm of the law . |
| 8 | No , not by a long chalk . |
| 9 | ‘ Single men wo n't come top of the list for rehousing , not by a long chalk . ’ |
| 10 | Not that this is the only bone of contention between them , no , not by a long chalk . |
| 11 | The New Moon in your opposite sign of Scorpio on the 29th should prove exciting and rather eventful as far as one involvement or partnership is concerned — and obviously 1989 is by no means over yet , not by a long chalk . |
| 12 | Oh naw , not by a long , long chalk . |
| 13 | Not by a long shot . |
| 14 | I 'm not a retarded under-age flower who was raped or molested by some evil step-father — not by a long shot . ’ |
| 15 | The image of Neil Young as the wayward eccentric does n't tell the whole story , not by a long way . |
| 16 | She took a seat and drew a piece of paper towards her and began to write , the Grenfells were n't beaten yet , not by a long chalk . |
| 17 | ‘ Not by a long shot , ’ said Joe . |
| 18 | Well , I have n't , not by a long chalk and I 'm not the tramp I look either . |
| 19 | It were n't the way everyone said an ’ thought it was , you see , not by a long chalk . |
| 20 | Not through choice , not by a long way , but it was where I 'd made my destiny , even if as an alien . |
| 21 | Not by a long chalk . ’ |
| 22 | Which you ai n't , not by a long chalk ! ’ she averred , descending rapidly from outraged virtue to mere verbal abuse . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , I 'm not finished yet , girl , not by a long chalk ! |
| 24 | He had not told Rory everything , not by a long shot . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've not finished with you yet — not by a long way ! ’ |
| 26 | The flare had drifted slowly down behind the church on the village green and was followed quickly by a long burst of automatic fire . |
| 27 | Mrs. Mott had been very put out by the long time the builders had stayed in the hall ; the chattering of the girls was the final straw . |
| 28 | Why must her blonde hair , bleached now by the long summer 's light to a ravishing pallor , be chopped so harshly ? |
| 29 | The expense allowances they received often failed , sometimes by a long way , to cover the costs they had to meet . |
| 30 | They had been imprisoned there by a long dead ruler , Llud . |