Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [prep] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 0930 they were all in their coaches for the long journey back to Brighton , for that evening they all became civilians again and had to be ready for their ordinary jobs on Monday . |
| 2 | Then she ran her fingers through the long strands of her hair , getting rid of the worst of the tangles and flicking it back from her face . |
| 3 | No wicker chairs could be seen there now , only a rusty harrow baring its teeth in the long grass like a mantrap . |
| 4 | Far from trying to develop their targets for the long haul , the Milken minions broke them up for quick gain . |
| 5 | He grabbed her hand and hurried her after the group who were moving down to take their seats beside the long deep Lago Martel . |
| 6 | Chauffeurs had met them at their Inn on the Park hotel , at seven o'clock sharp ; and at five minutes to eight they had taken their seats around the long elliptical table at European headquarters to ensure the meeting began on time , at precisely eight o'clock . |
| 7 | It may also have the effect of precluding those members who can not find the time to attend a few workshops and may therefore strengthen management committees and their bureaux in the long run . |
| 8 | We are rather at the point of arguing that the state , and in particular its bureaucracy , may be free from subordination and manipulation by the ruling class in order to preserve its interests in the long run and as a whole . |
| 9 | What Jinny could understand was the slow , careful way the Hare-woman settled her hands round the long gun . |
| 10 | It was relieved a bit when Clark squared the match with a birdie on the 16th and transformed altogether when the Americans both pushed their approaches to the long 17th hole to lose that as well . |
| 11 | On the other , that he was not forgotten-that there were pockets of admirers who still cherished his books throughout the long years when they were out of print . |
| 12 | In the late tenth and eleventh centuries a marked revival of agriculture and country life in Lombardy had ushered in the urban renaissance in its heartland ; for it was to be the Lombard cities above all which lured the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to Italy in the 1150s and 1160s , and whose almost innumerable walls baffled his armies in the long war of the Lombard League . |
| 13 | He flapped his arms against the long , dark coat he wore . |
| 14 | He moulded his hands along the long , slender curve of her back , and the towel came untucked and slipped to the floor . |
| 15 | The other Rex put his hands to the long table-top , tore it from its legs and cast it away into the darkness . |
| 16 | I think if we go down not having a responsible position to our debts , repaying our debts in the long term , erm , we are going to be restricted on what we can borrow with the capital , because no government is going to , you know , my party or your party , is going to let us go on building debts , and more debts by giving us permission to borrow money and more money and more money . |