Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other quick-growing plants are tomatoes and runner beans , but these plants that mature in the autumn are not really suitable for schools that have a long August holiday , as continuity is lost , even if help is available to care for the plants . |
| 2 | God , he was so gorgeous … her hands were moving on to his strong thoat , thrusting into his black hair , she was losing her head again as the kiss deepened and she heard him give a low growl of harsh excitement , his mouth increasing the pressure until Rachel was obliterated by him , dazed , clutching him with shaking hands , gasping hoarsely against his mouth , feeling his strong hands move swiftly up to her breasts to stroke her nipples and force a long hoarse cry of exquisite desire from her . |
| 3 | A mother with three young children , with no car and living a long way from a general practitioner 's surgery is almost certain not to consult the doctor as often as she should . |
| 4 | Assuming that its purpose has been determined , once the machine arrives there are several steps that can be taken to maintain its good condition and ensure a long life . |
| 5 | He uncorked his canteen and took a long drink of water . |
| 6 | At the top of the fountain , the spray breaks up into individual droplets which get carried by the wind and fall a long way from the vent , so that downwind of the fountain there is a shifting curtain of glowing droplets showering down . |
| 7 | Then fear overcame curiosity and he scrambled down from the tree with such haste that he skinned his knees and gouged a long deep gash along the inside of his forearm . |
| 8 | The Corporal placed his Bren gun on the window-sill and fired a long burst at the sniper 's position . |
| 9 | What we are witnessing is the eager consummation that follows a long and passionate seduction . |
| 10 | What about the last we did yesterday actually designers and training , it 's quite a , it 's quite a struggle that had a long day , been sitting here for a couple of hours I du n no it seems longer and there you are and you 're actually struggling |
| 11 | We are committed to putting money and people into the sort of programmes that take a long time to make . |
| 12 | You may be happiest asking a professional to cut out your mount unless you are confident that you will do it properly , as it is a skill that takes a long time to perfect , and a badly cut mount is as off-putting as a badly made frame . |
| 13 | That 's about the only difference between writing a short answer question than writing a long answer question , is that the long answer is a , is a good idea to have a diagram . |
| 14 | To meet the needs of piston-engine operators worldwide , a small number of specialist concerns thrive looking after the precious radial engine that go a long way towards making the DC-3 and DC-6 such economic miracle workers . |
| 15 | It stepped slowly towards Tallis , crouched with much rustling and snapping of sinews and reached a long , tapering twig-finger to touch her hand . |
| 16 | The writing was on the wall , however , and the fateful day eventually arrived in 1906 , when the last of the Eastington mills finally closed , putting large numbers out of work and ending a long history of cloth making in the parish . |
| 17 | He and Sergeant Joe , having met in Petticoat Lane and having talked , repaired to a pub and had a long and very friendly conversation . |
| 18 | 35 MINUTES : Ipswich regained the lead when Guentchev , thriving on having better support up front , picked up a ball from Whelan in his own half and sent a long ball for Goddard to chase through the middle . |
| 19 | He was cradling the telephone and gave a long , heartfelt sigh . |
| 20 | ‘ Congratulations , both of you , ’ Belinda said sincerely , then Andrew proposed a rambling , outrageous toast and drank a long gulp of champagne with pretended sophistication . |
| 21 | ‘ You see , ’ the woman was saying , bending towards Artemis and putting a long cold finger under Artemis 's chin . |
| 22 | It was when I got into the Law Courts and began a long series of litigation lasting twenty five years " . |
| 23 | then said that he found other difficulties in Lord Roskill 's speech in Reg. v. Morris , and after setting out the facts of the case and quoting a long passage from that speech , at p. 332 , and also the answer to the certified question he continued , at pp. 283–284 : |
| 24 | We often said they loaded the gun in the afternoon and took a long lanyard into a dugout some distance away and fired their gun once and never emerged to reload . |
| 25 | They said they would cut both babies ' throats and held a long kitchen knife to Salman 's throat , while Tanwaru was holding the child |
| 26 | He was on his hands and knees and , although his leg hurt him , he moved quickly across the deck and took a long knife from among some ropes . |
| 27 | There is little room for poetry — a product of the despised Fancy — in all this ; yet Wordsworth was in the Locke tradition when he rejected the ‘ gaudy and inane phraseology ’ of the Fancy and devoted a long poem to the description of how Nature ( in Locke 's sense of the whole external world rather than simply mountains and lakes ) formed his mental character . |
| 28 | He did his teeth and took a long shower , first hot then cold . |
| 29 | Indulging in litigation may mean that you have to expend substantial sums of money and wait a long time before achieving victory ; to lose could prove very costly . |
| 30 | I followed mum and joined a long queue , there we had to wait for ages while other people on our flight handed in their tickets . |