Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man snorted like a ploughhorse getting its breath after turning a long furrow . |
| 2 | From Lose Hill , after descending the long southeastern ridge , the walker has a choice . |
| 3 | After negotiating a long , sweeping left hand bend the car collided with a lorry which was travelling in the opposite direction . ’ |
| 4 | Unfortunately after negotiating the long stretch of locks and leaving this unique western end of the Canal , a thick low fog descended and blotted out our fantastic surroundings leaving me to navigate by radar the tortuous bends of the channel and through the shallows of Loch Oich . |
| 5 | If you 're thinking of tackling a long distance footpath staying at youth hostels and guest houses , then this size sack is ideal as your load is mainly bulky spare clothing rather than weighty hardware . |
| 6 | A link involves fundraising both to meet the costs of sustaining a long distance friendship and to provide funds to help to support Christian Aid 's existing partnership with the Third World community with which there is a link . |
| 7 | The commander , a Yugoslav general , shuttles back and forth on direct flights instead of going the long way round through Turkey . |
| 8 | Alcohol is a poor way of getting a long sleep as its diuretic effect wakes you because of a full bladder . |
| 9 | This is the practice of buying a long line of stock from one seller and then selling the shares through the market . |
| 10 | A sudden sickness and fatigue swamped her , and she felt incapable of facing the long , painful inquest that would start in a few minutes — incapable of sustaining any longer the intolerable labour of love . |
| 11 | The Coal Board decided to change the work organisation in order to introduce new coal-cutting equipment capable of cutting a long stretch of wall at a time . |
| 12 | In the region of sub-Sahara Africa , the once general custom of observing a long post-partum abstinence ( often as long as three or four years ) was based on recognition of the chain linking the sickness or death of an infant or young child to the new pregnancy that disturbed or interrupted the breastfeeding of the suckling child . |
| 13 | I could not face the prospect of spending a long holiday in Weymouth , because I would argue with my sister , and it rains too much in Weymouth . |
| 14 | Mr Stockdale , however , said he did not know of Mr Carway 's record , despite having a long business relationship with him . |
| 15 | As soon as they arrived at the auberge , Rose announced her intention of having a long soak in the bath followed by a lie down . |
| 16 | You may have recollections of taking a long time to achieve competence in one particular skill , and wonder whether on returning you will be given adequate time to practise and revise . |
| 17 | The potential benefits of achieving a long term reduction in excessive vehicle speeds are considerable . |
| 18 | She had no memory of hearing the long peal of the doorbell , of moving stiffly across the hall to answer it . |
| 19 | I am against the custom of pillaging a long work for its ‘ beauties ’ and letting the rest sink or swim . |
| 20 | I say it was on the cards because throughout the match the Scousers used the tactic of playing the long ball towards Rush and it was then quite simply a one-on-one race with either Fairclough or Newsome . |
| 21 | Short of finding a long forgotten stock of Tempo spares in a local high street hardware shop , it looks as though it will have to be a new cooker . |
| 22 | If it was like seeing a long lost friend again after twenty-seven years , Darby O'Gill was comfortingly predictable with touches of the old sparkle but we had lost a lot of common ground as I had moved from a place of romance and innocence through a world of cynicism and calculated sophistication . |
| 23 | Forget what it 's like learning a long part . |
| 24 | He may also do complex movements for his arm , such as holding a long pole ( like a broom handle ) and moving it around and away from his body . |
| 25 | Our drift out of nationhood — a collective , willed political identity — into a reality we could not shape nor even talk about began a long time ago . |
| 26 | ‘ I really ought to be going , ’ said Penelope , ‘ what with having a long journey and work tomorrow . ’ |
| 27 | In fact she went two up when Miss Rogers bogeyed the short fourteenth and was still two up playing the long sixteenth . |
| 28 | Later there was a letter from the BBC about doing a long television interview . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , the people in charge of Oxford Uni 's mail server have been playing around of late , and have changed from using the long form to the short form , and now , it seems , back again . |
| 30 | Are you required to be persistent at repeating the same task many times ( phoning sales prospects , for instance ) or persistent in seeing a long , slow project through to the end ( overseeing a two-year training programme , for instance ) ? |