Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The function of these forceful propulsive waves seems chiefly that of shifting a relatively large quantity of intraluminal content aborally for long distances within the colonic lumen , thereby determining a right-to-left gradient important for the initiation of defecation . |
| 2 | The 20-mile chalk stream has dwindled to a trickle , and it dried up altogether for long periods in the past three drought years , after the drilling of six drinking water boreholes by the Thames Water Authority ( now the Thames Water company ) lowered the water table . |
| 3 | Like all long-term coughers he had developed a noise-reducing technique , and all that could be heard was a chuck-chuck-chuck sound that would go on for long minutes at a time , gradually winding down like a clockwork drummer until every scrap of air was squeezed out of his poor concrete lungs . |
| 4 | Comparison with experimental results for poly ( methyl acrylate ) shows validity only for longer values of the relaxation and retardation times . |
| 5 | She would go off alone for long walks over the cliffs — something she had never done before in winter . |
| 6 | Avoid sitting down for long periods without a break . |
| 7 | Inevitably , men pushed together for long periods of time became edgy and , by the time the prison was freed from the grip of the snow , three men had been knifed ( one of whom had lost a kidney ) and another had been beaten severely with a pool cue . |
| 8 | And Gooch had agreed to tour India this winter only after long discussions at home . |
| 9 | The compromise list was put together after long hours of high drama when Mr Pozsgay , a minister of state and the leading reformer , and two of his close allies threatened to walk out . |
| 10 | But Virginia Woolf 's mature novels consist almost entirely of long passages of introspection by the characters in free indirect style , punctuated by banal conversational remarks and parenthetical reports of trivial actions . |
| 11 | Lesley-Jane , perhaps from long experience of having her mother going on about her or perhaps just from exhaustion , did not seem to be listening . |
| 12 | I dropped in on long sessions of talk , putting the world to rights — after all that was supposed to be one of the main aspects of college education was n't it ? |
| 13 | By now in his eighties , Yusuf would never again return to Spain — he too had been worn down by long years of struggle to remove the thorn of El Cid from his side . |
| 14 | Summer gales were rarely of long duration in our experience , and if it blew really hard we used to snug down in the lee of one of the many anchorages and take to the hills for a change . |
| 15 | Her parents lived in another part of the country and her husband was in the army and away for long periods of time . |
| 16 | He turned away , apparently satisfied , then pushed the glasses back into his pocket , flashed the torch briefly down at the rough stones of the pier , and went away with long strides in the direction of the house . |
| 17 | High rocky cliffs pitted with little sandy coves melt away into long stretches of silvery beach . |
| 18 | The most obvious clue to its presence is its movement , so in order for its camouflage to work it must be prepared to remain very still for long periods of time , or at least to alter its position very slowly and gently . |
| 19 | As far as chartered accountant trainees are concerned , Mr Jones argues , ‘ you have all the aggravation of training them on high salaries and the disruption to a small office with their going off for long periods of study leave , and at the end you do n't keep them . |
| 20 | I took myself off for long walks along the shore and into the hills every morning and did not return to Les Glycines until noon , when the three of us would drive in Otto 's traction avant to one of his favourite places for seafood . |
| 21 | The National Consumer Credit Federation , representing check traders , told us that the agent going from door to door , usually with long experience of working for the firm , had quite a lot of discretion over whether or not to lend , though with small firms the bosses like to keep in touch themselves , often going on collection rounds so as to see customers , and certainly weighing up doubtful cases themselves . |
| 22 | He believed that the surface of the earth changed gradually over long periods of time , and saw that such changes would have an effect not only upon the physical environment to which living things were exposed , but upon the possibility of migration to new locations . |
| 23 | Other specialist methods of capture including the shrimp , or push , net , the drop-net , and rod and line fishing with barbless hooks , will be dealt with in a later article , as will the special methods of transporting the captives home on long journeys on a hot summer 's day , which present special problems , which need to be overcome . |
| 24 | When portions of present-day Indian pueblos occupied since that time are uncovered , their walls prove to be laid up of long pours of puddled mud . |
| 25 | At times like these , while I am watching a midnight sunset or sunrise , I shed a tear for those poor campers putting up with long hours of dark in the Himalayas or the like . |
| 26 | In 1978 Allan concluded her survey of such research by writing : As a result different research came up with different findings so that the policy maker and practitioner ended up with long lists of poorly defined and sometimes contradictory characteristics . |
| 27 | Athenian style temples and halls were built by the Welland , probably with long colonnades of beautiful fluted Doric columns carved by Greek masons in the local limestone . |
| 28 | Another material used for guttering is aluminium , which is sometimes joined with silicone or butyl-based sealants and sometimes put up in long lengths by the supplier . |
| 29 | It exploits the fact that certain kinds of molecule are capable of ‘ polymerizing ’ , that is joining up in long chains of indefinite length . |
| 30 | Joe was up in Long Field with Oz and the cabbage plants , expecting Jinny to join him . |