Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there , across a field filled with long grass and butterflies , were the Syrian tanks . |
| 2 | Pipes in uPVC come in long lengths ( typically 3m or 6m ) but can be cut very easily . |
| 3 | Their staves rose and fell steadily , the men swinging them high above their heads with a measured and deliberate rhythm born of long practice . |
| 4 | For example , a player whose regular opponent fields High Elves might wisely decide to abandon any attempt to out-shoot his enemies in favour of a fast , hard-hitting attack force combined with long range artillery . |
| 5 | It is difficult to assess the role of dietary fibre in the development of colonic cancer but our results suggest that the increases in cellular proliferation associated with long term higher dietary fibre intake are modest , occur mainly in the proximal colon and are unlikely to present a significant risk for mucosal instability in the distal colon . |
| 6 | Doctors claim their major concern over boxing is the brain damage suffered over long periods . |
| 7 | Although I must admit … ’ he paused to slow the car down before turning off the road to come to a halt outside an attractive inn , thatched , gabled and wooden-beamed , its façade ablaze with baskets of flowers , its forecourt furnished with long trestle-tables and carved wooden chairs . |
| 8 | Edward 's first year at Oxford , with its long hours of set daily lectures and prepared reading , its loneliness punctuated by long walks , longer letters , and occasional forays in search of new friendships , formed a gentle transition from the two years of freedom he had enjoyed , since leaving St. Paul 's , towards the severer demands that family and social demands were to make upon him . |
| 9 | In rats , the hypergastrinaemia induced by long term omeprazole has resulted in enterochromaffin-like ( EC-like ) cell hyperplasia and , subsequently , gastric carcinoid formation . |
| 10 | Then he went back to the cutlery drawer and , with a skill born of long practice , lobbed knives and forks over to Maisie , who set them down in her customary eccentric manner . |
| 11 | With skill borne of long practice he let the old man talk but guided his talk in the way he wanted it to go , then he started to ask questions . |
| 12 | Vanilla silk dupion mini dress with shield of beading worn with long chiffon skirt by Louise Verity ( Vanilla dress £530 ) , skirt £380 ) , full length veil by Louise Verity ( £65 ) , earrings by Van Peterson ( £110 ) |
| 13 | In this way it combines the legitimacy conferred by long inheritance with the lustre and potency of some of the most prestigious diamonds recovered by man . |
| 14 | What happened instead was that after a while Filmer and Daffodil appeared in my view , making a diagonal course towards the station buildings , and pretty soon afterwards , accompanied by a lot of bell-ringing and warning hooters , a huge bright yellow diesel engine came grinding and groaning past my window followed by long corrugated silver coaches as the whole of the regular Canadian rolled up the track next to the race train and stopped precisely alongside . |
| 15 | In 1576 Thomas Cherrington complained in the Queen 's Council of the Marches , that Thurston Woodcock , lord of Meason , had assembled a gang armed with long staffs and billhooks , and had forcibly ploughed and then enclosed a piece of his waste ground with a ditch . |
| 16 | For a moment it hovered over her thoughts then , with an ease born of long practice , she pushed it away and went into her dressing room . |
| 17 | Watching as he pulled on his oilskins with an ease born of long practice , Polly shivered violently . |
| 18 | On the higher slopes of Park Fell overlooking Alum Pot , water bubbles from the peat and takes shape as a stream known as Long Churn Spring , coursing down the hillside through a morass to reach a limestone scar on the 1200-ft contour , where it disappears into Upper Long Churn Cave . |
| 19 | These three Russian executante exiles from their native land , have a maturity born of long years together and a rapport so easeful and tangible that , from the first note in Rachmaninov 's Elegiac Trio , the audience was completely enthralled . |
| 20 | Simply beautiful and completely enchanting story set in Long Island in 1959 . |
| 21 | He was wearing a polonecked sweater of such advanced dilapidation that the hem hung in long woollen fronds almost to his knees , and as he tremblingly attempted to light his pipe he looked very vulnerable . |
| 22 | The thing is , Bob , if I may give you some advice based on long and hard experience , not to start off by renting somewhere , if you can possibly avoid it . ’ |
| 23 | A rhythmic , riding , gliding mutual movement born of long practice and an unspoken understanding . |
| 24 | Maximum root lift and volume achieved on long , straight hair . |
| 25 | This set out a pattern of Soviet policy in Far East and South East Asia in terms of a Soviet policy which sought to weaken the ties between the colonies and the colonial powers through the encouragement of nationalism and by capitalizing on the discontent caused by long periods of ‘ colonial oppression ’ and by disrupting the colonial economies either by armed action or by labour disorders so that the metropolitan powers would be deprived of revenue and resources . |
| 26 | His thoughts , when they finally came , had been uttered in all their simplistic banality , in no particular order of logic or relevance , and in a curiously gentle voice punctuated by long pauses in which he had gazed thoughtfully at the throne and appeared to commune happily with some inner presence . |
| 27 | It was then razor cut into long graduated layers to give a full but very natural look . |
| 28 | Now I was given a small , whitewashed room at the end of the long wooden balcony that ran the entire length of the house , above a courtyard shaded by long pergolas of vines . |
| 29 | Alfred 's shirt was tom from the collar down the front exposing his thin , bony chest covered with long grey hairs . |
| 30 | On the one hand , Pilkington was represented as a company committed to long term research and development , whereas BTR was seen as a company interested in quick profits , increasing efficiency by rationalisation ( and job losses ) and asset stripping . |