Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our first sight of the island was a sharp mountain peak jutting through the low cloud which unfortunately spoiled our view , but in minutes we were through the cloud and touching down on the long black runway which ran parallel to the shores of the fiord . |
| 2 | They were walking on to the long ridge they had been able to see from the cottage window . |
| 3 | The cows moved slowly through the long green grass . |
| 4 | The trial ground on through the long hot summer in Pretoria . |
| 5 | Even so , honest advertisement of strength providing cues that can not be faked may count most in the long run . |
| 6 | They spoke briefly , and to the point , walking slowly towards the long , black limousine that would take Cowley back to CI5 headquarters . |
| 7 | We abandoned the last Munro , especially as it 's a top that can be combined with Meall Greigh to be bagged another day , and staggered down into the long glen that would take us back to our morning starting point . |
| 8 | ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear . |
| 9 | That owes much to the long prosperity of California 's economy and its ( until now ) robust property market . |
| 10 | Something made me glance over to the long french windows leading to the back verandah , and there she was : Poppy , dressed from head to foot in black . |
| 11 | In Levene v Pearcey [ 1976 ] Crim LR 63 , a taxi-driver falsely told his passenger that the route was blocked and charged more for the longer way . |
| 12 | However , the performance of monocrystalline cells drops off with the longer wavelengths of light in this spectrum . |
| 13 | Excitement for many at the thought of returning home after the long hard years in exile . |
| 14 | Again , do n't worry if you get slightly different results , as your assumptions may differ from ours ( for instance , we have assumed two sheets , two pillowcases and two towels per guest , changed once for the longer of the two conferences ) . |
| 15 | Dunvegan Castle stands on the edge of the sea , and looks up along the long narrow Loch Dunvegan to the north-west . |
| 16 | Louis , walking out to the long black car , was a sack of tears . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | Scottie loved travelling and behaved splendidly during the long drives and sailing periods . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | We show that position-independent , copy number-dependent expression of the Ea d gene occurs only with the Long construct ( 8/8 transgenic mouse lines , over a range of copy numbers , 1-30 copies ) ; in contrast , the Short constructs are subject to position-dependent effects . |
| 21 | Looking down at the long fair hair flowing over her shoulders , at the skimpy dress , the unlived-in face , he felt immeasurably old for not wanting to sweep her off there and then and make passionate love to her . |
| 22 | I have said enough about the long run already , where there will be no more Reykjavik and no more big glass and not even any more lovers . |
| 23 | fixations might do better in the long run by holding out until you 've got enough cash to buy the real thing . |
| 24 | After a print run of , say 100 A4 sheets , the printed sheets are then turned over on the long axis , and the same print is made on the reverse . |
| 25 | France : new orders dried up as the long run of 63 reactors either built or under construction came to an end and the country grappled with the problem of an over-supply of electricity . |
| 26 | The cataclysm destroyed much of what had been built up during the long reign of Bel-Shanaar and left the Elves temporarily too weak to pursue their dark kinsfolk . |
| 27 | BORED kids are fed up with the long summer holiday and ca n't wait to go back to school , according to a new survey . |
| 28 | Searching back through the long history of feline deterrents , there appear to have been only three smelly substances that have achieved a measure of success . |
| 29 | Then , as some car in the street outside her hotel coughed and choked and backfired , Fabia abruptly came out of the long reverie she had fallen into , and back to the present , to realise that it was Monday morning — did she think she was going to sit there in bed all day ? |
| 30 | He said , ‘ Remember the peasant dance where they came out in the long , hooped skirts and you ca n't see their feet ? |