Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | His meeting with Peters also seems to have sparked off the long voyaging section of ‘ Death by Water ’ in the Waste Land manuscripts , which would be united with the fate of the ancient Phoenician sailor , Phlebas , and details of which would find their way into ‘ Marina ’ and ‘ The Dry Salvages ’ . |
| 2 | I interviewed Place in a midget submarine in Portsmouth dockyard similar to the one in which he and two other men had travelled up the long fjord in northern Norway at the head of which Tirpitz lay , cut their way through the nets surrounding her and laid charges beneath her hull which , when they exploded an hour later and Place was a prisoner-of-war on board her , put the ship out of action for six months . |
| 3 | AT ABOUT this time of the year and for every year since 1973 , the Laing Construction Company has set about the long and complex business of arriving at the six illustrations that will ultimately grace its calendar . |
| 4 | He had run down the long corridors to the lounge and arrived just as the shuttle passengers were disembarking . |
| 5 | No doubt you have spotted the ‘ Proby Pack ’ , as we call ourselves , clustered at the Sewage Lane end , our shaven heads painted with such menacing slogans as ‘ Cut out the long balls ’ or , on a couple of big heads , ‘ Using two sweepers is a tactical error , Les ’ . |
| 6 | Word was passed down the long column to close up , and to be ready to make a dash for the ford . |
| 7 | Within minutes of disembarking from the boats and starting the search we all found to our disappointment that the good weather still had n't dried out the long grass of the islands , and we were all soon soaking . |