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 .
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