Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Big companies have the cash to sustain them through the long vicissitudes of permit-winning . |
| 2 | The federal pump-priming for their establishment , eventually extended to cover their first eight years , was not intended to support them for the long term . |
| 3 | Since the literary works to which Ken devoted himself in the long years which followed his brief episcopate were largely unremarkable and unread , the waste of his inspired and inspiring vocation as a bishop has appeared both to contemporary and subsequent critics exasperating ; for his scruples about swearing the oath of allegiance to William and Mary were so nearly overcome by his friends that he asked them not to continue their arguments lest he succumb . |
| 4 | ‘ Her legs were bandaged in leather swathes , protecting her from the long , cruel needles of the prickly pear . |
| 5 | I called for the last time at the first house in the village and pressed the buzzer , but on getting no reply resigned myself to the long walk down the mountain . |
| 6 | The rest of the company ranged themselves around the long , cold room , their backs to the wall , their eyes on the man opposite , their faces utterly inexpressive . |
| 7 | On the contrary , the miners ' wives seemed desperate to keep the spirit that had seen them through the long months , the solidarity and friendship and , above all , the feeling that together they could do something to change the world and make it a better place , not only for themselves , but for all those suffering injustice . |
| 8 | A report has recommended that logging in the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest region of the USA be cut by more than half as a means of sustaining them in the long term and protecting their wildlife [ see EDs passim ] . |
| 9 | Alexandra surveyed herself in the long glass on the wall . |
| 10 | While the water steamed from the taps , she busied herself at the long table beneath the bathroom mirror , lifting the lids from the various jars and sniffing at them until she found the one she was searching for . |
| 11 | She mentally steeled herself for the long evening ahead , but , as it turned out , it was n't nearly as long as she had anticipated because towards the end of the evening she heard a sharp knocking on the door , and opened it to find André standing outside , a huge bunch of flowers in his arms . |
| 12 | Everybody 's got ta do it in the long run . |
| 13 | She caught worldwide attention last year when she claimed in a defence of prostitution charges that she could only satisfy a sex addiction by selling herself to the long line of men . |
| 14 | Maeve would be seeing to the barns , ensuring stock was slaughtered , the meat dried , salted and hung high in the kitchen to smoke , preserving it for the long winter months . |
| 15 | The Clwydian Hills , rising to the south and cloaked in cloud , looked wonderfully alluring : so I threw myself into the long climb with far more vigour than I might have done normally . |
| 16 | She ignored the amazed looks that followed them up the long hill out of town , glad to reach home long before the other two . |
| 17 | Then amuse yourself in the long autumn evenings , ’ said Thorfinn , ‘ working out what bargain he made with them before he came north . |
| 18 | ‘ If they continually try to buck the system , the system will destroy them in the long run . |
| 19 | The message from brokers is apply for shares , but do not look to hold them for the long term . |
| 20 | I am sure that your council will understand that the company can not commit itself to the long term investment programme , or expose itself to the commercial risks involved in the project , unless the facilities can be planned in a climate of security . |
| 21 | Turning to the mirror , she saw herself in the long white silk dress , clinging to her slender body , curving off the shoulders , accentuating her fine collarbones , tight at the waist then flaring out with clouds of taffeta below that made it seem as if she floated rather than walked . |
| 22 | well you 've got to snip it first , have n't you , you 've got to fucking snip it with the long hairs first , the old cut throat . |
| 23 | His arms around her , he began so gently that although McAllister was already feeling stifled , and the fear of men which had beset her for so long had begun to tighten its grip on her , she not only allowed him to kiss and fondle her face and neck , but let him undo her hair , so that it tumbled about her shoulders , as magnificent in its abandon as he had imagined it in the long nights when he had been unable to sleep . |
| 24 | She had not , Franca found on opening it , ventured to hang anything inside the long wardrobe which stretched the length of the big bedroom . |
| 25 | And people have heard it which I think helps us in the long run . |
| 26 | She rested her chin on her knees , preparing herself for the long wait . |
| 27 | When Mrs Gray had produced two very passable cups of coffee , they seated themselves at the long deal kitchen table . |
| 28 | And I suppose we might have lost her in the long run , but not just yet . ’ |
| 29 | She had no trouble in registering with a secretarial agency , and a variety of jobs carried her through the long , drab days . |
| 30 | She did not share Baldwin 's intellectual or aesthetic tastes , and she did not accompany him on the long walks which were a staple part of his recreation in Worcestershire or at Aix . |