Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dawes of Nelson can make the long trip from Surrey worthwhile by plundering the Finishing Post Sprint Handicap at Hamilton . |
| 2 | I did n't want the long journey in to work each day so I let it to Professor Wendell . |
| 3 | Now we do n't know the long term effect of that , but the experience with the protocol violators suggests that they wo n't come to any great harm , but obviously the number is small . |
| 4 | The only reason I make the point is that I understand ATP have rejected an appeal by the LTA to help guarantee the long term future of the November indoor tournament in Birmingham by lowering the $600,000 prize money to around the $300,000 on offer at the two competing tournaments in Moscow and Sao Paolo that week . |
| 5 | Will the Treasury guarantee the long term investment programme and not require an eight per cent return from Railtrack on such investment ? |
| 6 | Since very small , light animals can fall a long way without being hurt , it 's quite likely that it survived in the forest world under the tree and had the second most interesting experience any tree frog has ever had . |
| 7 | ‘ They are a breed that will enjoy a long walk and they are excellent car travellers — in the 34 years that I have owned them I have never known one to be car sick , ’ she added . |
| 8 | A man wid wait a long while fur a Glesca Keelie at a ceilidh and no mistake . |
| 9 | Even here , one could wait a long time . |
| 10 | ‘ We might wait a long time ! ’ he said . |
| 11 | Apart from ERA 's determination to find and fund a long term solution to the dampness problem and to prove that their living conditions were more suited to the health of the fungus families than human families , they were equally determined to get Public Health on the political agenda and to dispel the myth that smoking , diet and lack of exercise were solely responsible for Glasgow 's award winning heart disease record . |
| 12 | One year unemployment action plus one year adult training would achieve the long term objective for those unemployed , with special needs . |
| 13 | As we sat in the garden behind his surf shop and talked I could feel the long grass beneath my feet with a sensual awareness I 'd never experienced before . |
| 14 | For sports the children would run around a local playing field , which was just down the road , they walked there under supervision of , or the children would do the long jump in the sand pit . |
| 15 | We shall not watch the long delay |
| 16 | ‘ With most criminal kidnaps you could expect a long wait . |
| 17 | If brought to trial , she can expect a long prison sentence , followed by ‘ re-education through labour ’ in a camp in Qinghai — ‘ China 's Siberia ’ — an Area like the Sahara desert , in the west of the country , where the climate is notorious for its boiling heat in summer and freezing temperatures in winter . |
| 18 | Square Face : Wear a headpiece that sits on the back of your head and opt for an understated veil style , although your face shape will carry a long veil beautifully . |
| 19 | He could see the long walkway below him , the small iron gates at each end with steps leading down to both sides of the house . |
| 20 | From where he stood , he could see the long procession outside the walls , motionless now , and the wagons unshackled behind it . |
| 21 | In the light from the streetlamp Kate could see the long dark lashes against her daughter 's cheek bones . |
| 22 | ‘ So we 'll keep the long stuff down over the season and see what flowers come up . ’ |
| 23 | In an amiable parody of an interview he once heard being given by Sir Adrian Boult , Gould spelt out the attitude to recording of that older generation : roughly , ‘ I do n't mind doing the occasional recording , old boy — not everyone gets to concerts — and we 'll do our best , but I do n't want any ‘ patching ’ , we must keep the long line intact ’ . |
| 24 | However , I do n't like the long dress . |
| 25 | Tom did not much like the long train journey through Harrow and Northwood and Wembley down to Baker Street , and the changing and the waiting . |
| 26 | Between 1630 and 1646 Sir George Horsey had attempted to dam and drain the long tongue of water which still lies between Chesil Beach and the Dorset mainland . |
| 27 | If the wind drops below 50mph , they will begin the long haul to the 29,000ft summit . |
| 28 | This would continue until about 11 pm , when they would begin the long drive home . |
| 29 | Time and time again we would begin the long task of explaining who John was and what on earth we were doing . |
| 30 | He said he hoped that I would publish it ‘ as I know that people in general do n't understand the long term effects of child sexual abuse ’ . |