Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] by the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sum is handed over by the long to the short in final settlement . |
| 2 | We were already worn down by the long night and another was almost unthinkable — our sleeping bags would be a frozen mass of down by evening . |
| 3 | On the latter subject , the author points to the inconsistent decisions on whether the effect of unambiguous operative provisions can be cut down by the long title and he seems to incline to the view that they can be so affected ; this , perhaps , does not give sufficient weight to what was said about the effect of the preamble in Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover . |
| 4 | Mrs. Mott had been very put out by the long time the builders had stayed in the hall ; the chattering of the girls was the final straw . |
| 5 | But the couple 's solicitor Con Fernandez said the pair were just skittles waiting to be bowled over by the long arm of the law . |
| 6 | But the couple 's solicitor Con Fernandez said the pair were just skittles waiting to be bowled over by the long arm of the law . |