Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ford defended his action , pointing out that a protracted trial of the former President would serve only to continue the long agony of Watergate , and distract the United States and its people from more urgent matters . |
| 2 | Suitably armed , the Princess felt confident enough to write a long and detailed rejoinder to her irate father-in-law which effectively spelled out the way she felt she had been treated by husband , the Royal Family and their courtiers . |
| 3 | It is up to citizens working together to initiate a long term process of communication , mutual support and joint action . |
| 4 | The narwhal also has only two teeth , and in the male ( and occasionally the female ) one of these grows outwards to form a long , impressive , spiralling tusk . |
| 5 | To carve it out — merely to leave a long |
| 6 | For the Stock Exchange chief executive , the ignominy of having cost the City several hundred million pounds was reason enough to take the long walk . |
| 7 | Better to take a long cool walk and see it that way than lose perspective in the weary hours of the night . |
| 8 | So to cut a long story short , in the end I managed to drag myself away from this man . |
| 9 | Well I was just tidying myself up , och just a week lick of lipstick and a puffa blusher basically when I noticed that my mascara was on its last legs so I had to remind myself to stop by at Frazers Innoxa counter as any other tearproof bar theirs brings me out in lumps , so to cut a long story short I just nicked in the sidedoor — honest to god I was festooned with carriers laden down like a workhouse donkey — and I 'd to cut through the shoe department . |
| 10 | As the shell emerges from the gun barrel at more than 15000 m/s , aluminium petals peel away to reveal a long , thin tungsten-alloy rod with fins at the rear to stabilise it and thus improve accuracy . |
| 11 | ring me up and asking I understand you Anyway to cut a long story short , he was basically saying well do you know of any computers ? |
| 12 | that was cut off there anyway to cut a long story short when we got down there I says to him what 's the damage ? |
| 13 | I 'll tell him or anyone , and I meant it , so he started on about this night at the bowling club , but it was his actions Joy , I want to know who 's coming , we need to know , I thought but why 's he fucking boss me about on my private time , anyway to cut a long story short they booked all this night out and I watched and I waited I thought let them clock that I 'm not going , so then comes a phone call , David was in the bottom office so was the letter shark , and this phone call came over and David shouted up to all of us on the machine who 's going on Thursday night ? |
| 14 | She moved quickly to examine the long narrow table that had forms on either side , and although it looked clean enough she was not happy until she had washed it . |
| 15 | All the acts on tonight 's bill ( and a few others around the country ) would do well to have a long and critical look at what they 're doing and decide if people really need another adequate pop/rock/whatever band ! |
| 16 | Well to cut a long story — |
| 17 | But in a brand new fitted dress into which I 'd climbed only two hours earlier , and in which I 'd never attempted the sitting position let alone … well to cut a long and visually absurd story short , I was about as likely to have a pee in that dress as I was to share a bagel with Adnan Kashoggi . |
| 18 | Well to cut a long story short , and bear in mind the fact that seniority and everything took precedence over e everything else , all things being equal . |