Example sentences of "[v-ing] out [art] long " in BNC.
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1 | And they did ; all flattened and crouched , creeping low in the grass ; quite unlike the sprightly reed with its flashy habit of fanning out the long tail to show off white outer tail feathers . |
2 | With the body and neck made of maple , a wide strap is almost essential , as the Artist weighs a ton , and lasting out a long gig without collapsing or gaining some kind of spinal disorder is something of an achievement . |
3 | ‘ Reminds me of the duodenum , ’ said Rufus , yanking out a long slimy stem and lassoing Adam with it , catching his neck in a halter of living rope . |
4 | It was struggling vainly to free itself , bleating weakly , but suddenly letting out the long , piping , despairing cry that had first arrested Deborah 's attention . |
5 | Researchers at Gloucesters public health laboratories have been carrying out a long term study into more than three hundred cases of meningitis . |
6 | Cormac of the Wolves , sitting out the long years of his exile ; Niall and the Nine Lords chained and starving in the dungeons . |