Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trial ground on through the long hot summer in Pretoria . |
| 2 | With a path to walk on through the long ‘ now ’ of summer . |
| 3 | Beyond pouring oil on troubled waters , the Queen can do no more than dig in for the long wait , guided by her husband . |
| 4 | Now in terms of the cr the need for development , I 'm sure the panel will have read all the evidence which has been put in about the long history of the varying impact studies o on development on around Greater York , and those date back of course to the February eighty nine report which I I think you 'll have seen copies of . |
| 5 | We abandoned the last Munro , especially as it 's a top that can be combined with Meall Greigh to be bagged another day , and staggered down into the long glen that would take us back to our morning starting point . |
| 6 | She made it down into the long drawing-room with a sort of grim look on her face that Alain noted with a frown . |
| 7 | The par-five 13th , along with the long 15th , is probably the key , where scores can be made or broken . |
| 8 | The idle flap of the hand again , and round the next corner was another tank , then a third , hull down in the long grass like old dogs sunning themselves on a lazy day . |
| 9 | I sat down in the long grass , puzzled to understand my weakness . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Michele caught her and , carrying her back into the living-room , put her down on the long couch . |
| 12 | The Government 's principal task in the months to come will be to restore the right mix of monetary and fiscal policy — now badly out of balance — so that interest rates have a better chance of coming down , and staying down over the long run . |
| 13 | ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear . |
| 14 | Looking down at the long fair hair flowing over her shoulders , at the skimpy dress , the unlived-in face , he felt immeasurably old for not wanting to sweep her off there and then and make passionate love to her . |
| 15 | Athelstan stared down at the long , white face under its tarry black hood . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I mean you 've got to try and keep yourself afloat , and then even that 's not going to help you , if nobody comes along and picks you up either , so I mean that But I mean I I did n't Oh well I Suppose I could say I gave up hope a few times but obviously if you s The struggle to survive comes through in the long run , and I mean it 's it 's not easy to give up hope , |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I go over to the long mirror and have a look . |
| 22 | After a long time I heard him get up and come over to the long wall , near to where I was sitting listlessly in the arm-chair . |
| 23 | Lorimer grinned and beckoned her over to the long windows . |
| 24 | Something made me glance over to the long french windows leading to the back verandah , and there she was : Poppy , dressed from head to foot in black . |
| 25 | Alexandra went over to the long glass on a mahogany frame that stood in the bow window and looked at herself . |
| 26 | Penelope went over to the long mirror to survey the general effect of her dress . |
| 27 | She looked over at the long table . |
| 28 | This sum is handed over by the long to the short in final settlement . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |