Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] in long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new sense of harmony is unlikely to be developed if bored parents have to wait endlessly in long queues to see teachers . |
| 2 | Something under the bed moved softly , rustling like a woman walking past in long skirts — or a soft breeze in high trees . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In the good , old-fashioned days text was sent off to be typeset and came back in long strips called galleys . |
| 5 | Neither did the men gliding by in long jellabas and pointed hoods . |
| 6 | Paper hung away in long strips . |
| 7 | It exploits the fact that certain kinds of molecule are capable of ‘ polymerizing ’ , that is joining up in long chains of indefinite length . |
| 8 | In others it had begun to peel away in long coils . |
| 9 | Experiments show that many tolerate a wide range of light conditions , but a few high polar species perform best in long day regimes , or refuse to flower in anything less than a 22–24-hour day . |