Example sentences of "[verb] the long [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , given the long lead-times in manufacture and construction , it was recognised that the standardisation could only have an effect in the forward programmes for 1950 onwards . |
| 2 | Hospital managers say the long delays in overcrowded waiting rooms is a worrying problem … |
| 3 | Please forgive the long gap in these ‘ Notes ’ . |
| 4 | For sports the children would run around a local playing field , which was just down the road , they walked there under supervision of , or the children would do the long jump in the sand pit . |
| 5 | I remember the long faces in the Tontine Coffee House at Glasgow Cross on the morning of 27 January 1783 when the news broke . |
| 6 | The consequence of excommunication for Jacob was economic isolation : he was forced to give up his trade ( also shoemaking ) and was given redress for this when he petitioned the Long Parliament in 1640 . |
| 7 | If you encounter such words , practise them systematically by a ) tapping the rhythm , b ) mimicking the last few syllables and then gradually building up to the beginning of the word , c ) putting the long word in different position on a series of sentences and practising them , like in following example : Word stress is often modified when the word occurs in a sentence . |
| 8 | Black athletes had already represented the United States : George Poage at the Olympic Games in 1904 ; de Hart Hubbard won the long jump in 1924 ; Eddie Tolan won the 100 yards and Ralph Metcalfe competed in 1932 . |
| 9 | They took some sandwiches and a bottle of cold tea , and they began to cut the long grass in Mr Wood 's biggest field . |