Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pos pn] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … seeks to find out whether , and to what degree , man has during his long tenure of the earth , changed it from its hypothetical pristine condition , for as Yi Fu Tuan ( 1971 ) has put it : ‘ The fact of diminishing nature and of human ubiquity is now obvious ’ . |
| 2 | Does he have to be reminded about his long meetings with apple-cheeked Maude the milkmaid at the back of my stables ? |
| 3 | The real power of most artillery lies in its long reach . |
| 4 | Her gown was almost wet through and water dripped from her long hair to the floor . |
| 5 | looks at its long history , in which the last five years have been arguably the most dramatic , part of a transformation which is by no means over . |
| 6 | As I grew more proficient he leaned on the rail , sucked at his long clay pipe and reminisced about his days in sail or his experiences in ports from Aden to Hong Kong . |
| 7 | Li Shai Tung let the remote drift slowly towards the starship and sat back , one hand smoothing through his long beard while he looked about him at the faces of his fellow T'ang . |
| 8 | Miss Gabriel retired from the secretaryship in order to become chairman in January 1941 , and on that occasion she told of her long association with the Guild , which she was chiefly instrumental in establishing thirty years previously . |
| 9 | , left , is presented with his long service award by NW regional operations manager , . |
| 10 | Was it just electrical power — hence the staggering sight of all the massed Glories — or was it more to do with some human power the Worm had absorbed in its long sojourn under Monument Hill ? |
| 11 | ‘ You 're hiding from me , ’ he accused gently , watching the cool silky strands cling to his long fingers . |
| 12 | She rolled along the carpet , hampered by her long dressing-gown , and then arms like steel tentacles caught her again . |
| 13 | As soon as we arrived after our long pull from the valley , she would arrange to have the horse taken out of the shafts . |
| 14 | To his astonishment , Johnson yelled angrily at him and there broke out the most serious row the pair is reported ever to have had in their long association . |
| 15 | So how far has the campaign for women 's equality advanced in her long struggle ? |
| 16 | The furniture tangled in his long legs . |
| 17 | These early letters to Helen are now lost and are merely reflected in her long replies from Margate and Rotherfield . |
| 18 | She reached for his hand , clutched it and dug in her long nails . |
| 19 | On the roof above me , the shabby light-shades shook on their long flexes . |
| 20 | I arranged a number of meetings with various staff : with the director of nursing services to discuss the status of the ENP and to look at her additional skills ; with our business manager to discuss possible auditing tools for the scheme , availability of statistics , and so on ; with the A&E consultant , to look at my long term training needs and the |
| 21 | That instinctive understanding of her place in the showbusiness scheme of things was later to rub off on Kylie 's fellow Neighbours exile Jason Donovan , who was persuaded by his long time friend to abandon ideas of hardening up his dance music into something U2ish . |
| 22 | Just one letter from Tyndale survives from his long period in prison . |
| 23 | Herscovici is also thinking of writing a book based on his long conversations with Georgette Magritte . |
| 24 | Some lots were damaged or dulled by their long immersion , but this only seemed to stimulate buyers . |
| 25 | When junior hospital doctors have been asked whether their efficiency was impaired by their long hours of duty , over a third replied " often " and almost half replied " occasionally " . |
| 26 | Here Dr Keep , 50 , tells of the real-life horrors he has witnessed in his long career . |
| 27 | Among fellow Americans , Joel Scholz is another outstanding artist/designer best known for his long train of delicately coloured birds , and his flying ‘ Geisha Girl ’ . |
| 28 | Ace filled in gaps for her as they talked about his long climb up to Formula One and his present position , and because of her background she was able to fill in the bare facts that he offered . |
| 29 | Now , through their domination of the London Labour Party , they were running it , and they started putting into practice schemes hatched during their long hours in drab municipal offices . |
| 30 | Devoy would surely count her match against Jackman as one of the most demanding she has experienced during her long reign as the world 's leading player , while Jackman , who was unlucky not to win the second game , pronounced herself happy with her performance . |