Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the kingdom of the Franks which was to exercise most influence for the longest period of time . |
| 2 | Yeah but you 're not used to him being home all the time are you Lyn , I mean for a long period of time like . |
| 3 | The Gold Ninety Account is a very high interest ninety day notice account for the longer term investor . |
| 4 | She has already suffered more than most adults suffer during a long lifetime . |
| 5 | While I appreciate the point you make about the long standing nature of your request I must advise you that there are many similar locations throughout the Region where there is inadequate space to provide a bus shelter . |
| 6 | The first is that with another ten years of John Paul 's rule , the silencing of awkward bishops and theologians , the appointment to the episcopate of a most carefully selected team of neo-conservatives , a rather traditionalist form of Catholicism will , in fact , harden and remain for a long time effectively unchangeable . |
| 7 | But it does need to be borne in mind that although this form of sudden death can create such instantaneous reactions there are also people who hide and keep quiet and suffer for a long time before finding the opportunity to talk to someone about their feelings or until another trigger sets them grieving . |
| 8 | We kiss for a long time , then I straighten up . |
| 9 | This afternoon , the trial was halted when the Judge , Mr. Justice Auld , called in the jury after several hours of legal argument and told them , ’ I apologise for the long delay . |
| 10 | They testify to the long hours he has spent working under the eye of his father , Bob . |
| 11 | A rest , a quick conflab and we decide to do another twenty miles and reach our tent before we stop for a long rest . |
| 12 | ‘ Afterwards — she would not look at me or speak for a long time . |
| 13 | Pipe cutters consist of a long pair of handles , with a very heavy bicycle-chain-type construction with cutting wheels in the centre . |
| 14 | Shale sections benefit from a long period with 0.25 µm powder , as this gives very slow removal of material without plucking of quartz grains . |
| 15 | Cling to the long |
| 16 | We watch for a long time , Tony catching the show on camera , then notice that the temperature has plummeted with the clearing of the sky and turn in . |
| 17 | I said I would drive into the country , lie in the long grass and watch the sun go down until it was quite dark . |
| 18 | erm and he was released and he came to Harlow and we meet him and that was , that was very good , erm , but we have n't had one like that , you know for a long time . |
| 19 | A song that we hear as a long light squeal . |
| 20 | This is often impossible to obtain , however , as many of the torture techniques leave few visible injuries , or only superficial injuries which disappear during the long period in police custody . |
| 21 | These are goods which last for a long time and which yield the household utility-creating services both in the current period and in future periods . |
| 22 | This poetry , by contrast , evokes a sympathy in me which is not often brought out by poetry , and I hope and believe that the works of Owen will become great classics and last for a long time . |
| 23 | Stretching to ease tired muscles , she debated whether to go for a swim in the pool or opt for a long soak in a warm scented bath . |
| 24 | The needles splinter the wind into dirges and laments that tell of the long and tragic history of the trees . |
| 25 | She watched her mother smooth her hair back from her brow , draw in a long breath , then say , ‘ Well , well ! |
| 26 | He has words of praise for the RSNO Chorus , which he says has ‘ sounded better than I remember in a long time ’ in the initial rehearsals of a work new to all concerned . |
| 27 | On the other side , what did Innocent or the papacy lose in the long struggle ? |
| 28 | er present work , and so I mean , you , you , could say we 'll take it , er two or three hundred complaints from London , and buy time I suppose , erm to see if if if er work up here had picked up or natural wastage went or what ever , erm , if it did n't go up then , I mean in the long term , erm one could n't envisage keeping on with more staff than what 's thought to be a fairly generously assessed formula anyway , says we need . |
| 29 | They sit in a long line in York , yeah ? |
| 30 | Although the feet do not stretch and point in the way we still care about in the West , the dancers do not just move from position to position ; they dance in a long poem of fluently musical movement that is classical ballet 's chief claim to fame . |