Example sentences of "[adv] to [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 That owes much to the long prosperity of California 's economy and its ( until now ) robust property market .
2 Anyway , I came back into his office and gave him his coffee , and was just getting down to a long bout of conveyancing when the phone in our room rang .
3 Their congregations of ‘ Independents ’ were justly named in a society settling down to a long period of outward conformity and growing indifference to religion .
4 With a solar-type star , however , the temperature rises to ten million degrees or so , and nuclear reactions are triggered off , so that the star settles down to a long period of stable existence .
5 After a long time I heard him get up and come over to the long wall , near to where I was sitting listlessly in the arm-chair .
6 I go over to the long mirror and have a look .
7 Penelope went over to the long mirror to survey the general effect of her dress .
8 Alexandra went over to the long glass on a mahogany frame that stood in the bow window and looked at herself .
9 The courtyard was no longer floodlit but the moon was brilliant , filling the room with light , and Maggie slid from her bed and went quickly to the long window that led to the veranda .
10 Helen asked me to explain what I meant , and listened carefully to the long story of what I had suffered at Gateshead .
11 ‘ That 's why we did not get tied up to a long deal before .
12 Immediately beyond , a short lane leads up to a long terrace of cottages built to house the workers of the Millthrop woollen mill nearby across the river , and looking rather forlorn and out of place since their source of employment was destroyed by fire many years ago .
13 Steps to the left lead up to a long stretch of path which continues parallel to the road .
14 If so , it is difficult to know how he would have stood up to the long haul that still awaited him .
15 ‘ Returning now to the Long Stable , we enter the Upper Paddock , and first observe a hot-water apparatus , so arranged as to supply practically a constant supply .
16 Lucy was also aware that Doreen 's previous anger appeared to have vanished as she carried refilled plates back to the long table , where she chatted and laughed with the men and the two guides .
17 The lithe vessel left a white wake that stretched all the way back to the long iron and glass walkway of the railway terminal , a thin cord of foam linking the crowded paddle-steamer to a solid world of steam trains , corner shops , and utility furniture .
18 We peeped through the purpose-made hole on to a long tyke and waited hopefully … bearded reedling ? water rail ? bittern ?
19 Jenna hastily looked away and followed Marguerite up the curved stairs and on to a long landing .
20 I liked the way the usherette threaded the torn half-tickets on to a long string so they made a branch of monkey-puzzle tree .
21 They were walking on to the long ridge they had been able to see from the cottage window .
22 The original pirate radio ship Mi Amigo eventually drifted helplessly on to the Long Sand Head where she sank .
23 She found herself swept off the bed and across to the long sash window , then stood on her feet with Roman 's warmth supporting her from behind , his arms wrapped around her .
24 Trainer Jimmy Etherington , who submitted a ‘ friendly ’ claim of £9,354 to ensure taking the filly back to Yorkshire , is now looking forward to a long winter 's break when the turf season closes on Monday .
25 ‘ Quite honestly — and who wants to celebrate becoming twenty-six ? — I 'm really looking forward to a long soak in the bath , and then putting my feet up in front of the TV , ’ she added firmly .
26 King Edward VII and his Consort , Alexandra , were able to influence international events , particularly in Europe , which continued to be the predominant continent and Britain looked forward to a long period of peaceful influence .
27 Ludwig Erhard , who succeeded Adenauer as Chancellor in October 1963 , was an experienced minister , the man held responsible for German economic success since 1949 , deeply committed to the US alliance and who , at 66 , could look forward to a long career as Chancellor — given the record of his predecessor .
28 He had looked forward to the long drive to Wales as an opportunity to push out the boundaries of their friendship , to gauge whether it might flourish in more normal circumstances than those in which it had begun .
29 The Wisharts , who lived in North London , were not looking forward to the long train journey one little bit ; being just after the war , the trains were run down , lacked essential maintenance and did n't keep very good time , so the Wisharts regarded the prospects of the journey with considerable misgivings .
30 We 'll be looking forward to the longest raft race in the world .
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