Example sentences of "[verb] on [prep] the long " in BNC.

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1 They were walking on to the long ridge they had been able to see from the cottage window .
2 The trial ground on through the long hot summer in Pretoria .
3 What 's going on behind the long face and the short , practical crop is nothing we 're going to see through his eyes .
4 With a path to walk on through the long ‘ now ’ of summer .
5 Secure on to the long sides of the house ( two on each side ) with a little royal icing .
6 She tugged at Sadie 's sleeve and they walked on down the long aisle of the hall .
7 Willie clutched on to the long wooden seat and , as they jolted over the rough cobbled road , his eyelids drooped and he became drowsy .
8 Behind the facade , behind the glittering ceremony and the IAAF delegates ’ hotels which were far superior to those for the athletes , there was a lot of wrong-doing , not least the cheating that went on in the long jump where they tried to wangle a bronze medal for Evangelisti , the Italian , by inaccurate measuring .
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