Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [vb infin] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | you take the high road and I 'll take the long road and I 'll be in Scotland |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I can remember the long cloudless days when we drove for mile after mile over desert that stretched out around us as flatly as an unruffled sea ; the way we would pull the throttle out so that the needle stood up straight at the figure forty , and then would laze back with our legs stretched out across the bonnet … . |
| 5 | She would take the long route back over the desolate flats . |
| 6 | As well as creating a design like the one pictured here , you can use the long narrow shape to create an elongated twisting design , rather like a string of entwined S's , or a natural piece of vine creeping along the frame . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | Right , we 'll go along we 'll go the long way . |
| 9 | ‘ So we 'll keep the long stuff down over the season and see what flowers come up . ’ |
| 10 | The countryside we drove through was beautiful , but behind it we could see the long , dark , frightening hills of the moor . |
| 11 | With the spring we could begin the long slow climb out of the recession . |
| 12 | Time and time again we would begin the long task of explaining who John was and what on earth we were doing . |
| 13 | This would continue until about 11 pm , when they would begin the long drive home . |
| 14 | If the wind drops below 50mph , they will begin the long haul to the 29,000ft summit . |
| 15 | Most of all , if opposition batsman would like to get out ( the dollier the catch the better ) they can start the long walk to the pavilion in the knowledge that it was in a good cause , and not just that of Barney cricket . |
| 16 | Historically , over almost any run of three or four years or more , equities have outperformed bonds and , as pension funds are investing for members ' retirements , they can take the long view . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | From where he stood , he could see the long procession outside the walls , motionless now , and the wagons unshackled behind it . |
| 19 | However , there is an equally wide body of opinion , expressed mainly by manufacturing industries , which oppose such a move because it believes that it would disrupt the long period of uninterrupted production between the August holiday and the Christmas break . |
| 20 | It is confident that it can take the long distance frugality title to add to its claim of being Britain 's fastest small diesel with a top speed of 96.3 mph . |