Example sentences of "[adv prt] to a long " in BNC.

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1 Their congregations of ‘ Independents ’ were justly named in a society settling down to a long period of outward conformity and growing indifference to religion .
2 The ridged pasture was falling away in front of Sharpe , sloping down to a long dark oak wood from which a cart track ran north towards a big stone-walled farm that looked like a miniature fort .
3 With a solar-type star , however , the temperature rises to ten million degrees or so , and nuclear reactions are triggered off , so that the star settles down to a long period of stable existence .
4 Anyway , I came back into his office and gave him his coffee , and was just getting down to a long bout of conveyancing when the phone in our room rang .
5 Immediately beyond , a short lane leads up to a long terrace of cottages built to house the workers of the Millthrop woollen mill nearby across the river , and looking rather forlorn and out of place since their source of employment was destroyed by fire many years ago .
6 ‘ That 's why we did not get tied up to a long deal before .
7 Steps to the left lead up to a long stretch of path which continues parallel to the road .
8 Vic threads the tunnels , switches lanes , swings out on to a long covered ramp that leads to a six-lane expressway thrust like a gigantic concrete fist through the backstreets of his boyhood .
9 I liked the way the usherette threaded the torn half-tickets on to a long string so they made a branch of monkey-puzzle tree .
10 We peeped through the purpose-made hole on to a long tyke and waited hopefully … bearded reedling ? water rail ? bittern ?
11 Jenna hastily looked away and followed Marguerite up the curved stairs and on to a long landing .
12 It was almost a door and looked out on to a long paved garden bordered with box hedges and there was an inviting looking higher hedge at the bottom with an arch of greenery over a gap in the middle .
13 Two minutes after the interval he darted on to a long through ball and scored with a low shot .
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