Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] long [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The whole border motif will fit on a mylar sheet ( actually 58 stitches to one repeat ) if you do n't mind the long floats at the bottom . |
2 | Through the glass I could see the long lines of blue moving away down the street and I could still hear the shouts of the corporal . |
3 | Both singer and players have to envisage and sustain the long phrases called for , to avoid the very slow tempo from falling apart , but when achieved , the result is worth the effort . |
4 | The directors did n't work the long hours we did ! |
5 | Erm , then the erm , the insistence of the driver 's conductors was they did n't like the long periods of duty they erm , they wanted the new set up so I introduced what we call straight duties , narrowed the relief portion , so they did n't go home for a meal , they had about a half an hour off , so they were able to get their eight hour duty done in a shorter period and they 'd probably finish about two instead of half past three , four o'clock . |
6 | Nights when ops were on were not so hectic now that the boys did not have the long runs to Berlin and Nuremburg , just specific targets in France and western Germany . |
7 | If those resources had been given three or four years ago , we would not have the long delays that lead to so much misery , and the small number of non-genuine asylum seekers would not be here for longer than we would all want . |
8 | But he was elusive , and she could only fill the long minutes with a pretence of animation as she was absorbed into a group of Heather 's relations , something inside her dying by the second as time passed and Luke kept his distance . |
9 | 1 shall notice the long legs hugging the line of the trunk . |