Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next section between Culver Street and Gigant Street and Guilder Lane and Pennyfarthing Street could have seen little change over a long period . |
| 2 | She suddenly let out a long sigh and swept her hair from her face . |
| 3 | Oh , my dear — ’ Alison suddenly reached out a long brown arm . |
| 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 | The experimental method is basically to lay out a long row of test-tubes each containing a solution of RNA-replicase , and also of raw materials , small molecules that can be used for RNA synthesis . |
| 6 | New occasions of conflict were now appearing and would eventually break up the long peace , and as this became clearer so did the essentially competitive nature of the European system . |
| 7 | However , this does not persist over a long time scale and is often not to be observed at all . |
| 8 | Second , they can be qualified by relative clauses : ( 26 ) the rudest , which was very rude indeed , is best forgotten now the longest that I have ever seen was about two metres and a half ( 27 ) the fragrant , which comes from Japan , is a splendid choice the triangular which you wanted has been sold |
| 9 | However , if you are correcting for drift with one wing well down , and then the cable breaks , you may find that you have already turned quite a long way , and that it is easier to keep that turn going if you can not get down ahead . |
| 10 | Johannsen and the DK were still clambering up the long diagonal slope to her left , almost level with her now . |
| 11 | Whatever we may think of Oliphant 's views , we have to assume there would be little point in attacks on [ h ] -dropping by the educated elite unless it was highly salient and widespread , and it is reasonable to assume for these reasons that it probably has quite a long history in the language . |
| 12 | The East Sussex region is interesting because it has a very high retired population and it also has quite a long of young people , particularly in the Brighton area , and a relatively small workforce , rather low in industry , certainly in the primary industries , erm service occupations are perhaps almost the mainstay of the local populace — now how would an area such as that rate in your chart as to needs ? |
| 13 | First , however , we consider briefly what may happen further upstream , partly to illustrate how the long memory comes about and partly to make a link with earlier discussions of wakes ; i.e. we look at the ‘ intermediate wake ’ , ( intermediate to the ‘ near wake ’ immediately behind the obstacle and the ‘ far wake ’ which has become self-preserving ) . |
| 14 | ‘ I could probably draw up a long list . ’ |
| 15 | Unlike groups in laboratory studies , the work group is not created and then disbanded permanently ; it often survives over a long period of time . |
| 16 | Although different presentation styles are appropriate to different media this is not indicated on the list and you will need to refer either to the Quick Reference Guide ( a single folder card that you should try to keep handy ) or to Chapter 20 of the User Guide — which frankly seems rather a long way in ! |
| 17 | Of course such a supper , minus the wine , she might have eaten on any of the evenings ( and they now stretched back a long way ) when she found herself alone . |
| 18 | Within minutes of disembarking from the boats and starting the search we all found to our disappointment that the good weather still had n't dried out the long grass of the islands , and we were all soon soaking . |
| 19 | Mother Francis had shown her how to go up the long windy path behind the convent and pick leaves and wild flowers . |
| 20 | She stood a moment to gain her audience 's complete attention , then flung back the long white veil that hid her face . |
| 21 | Then roll out a long thin strip of icing , about 5x15cm ( 2x6inches ) , and use to wrap around and cover the ‘ head ’ . |
| 22 | And people have actually moved quite a long way in the direction of actually working out their own finances . |