Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other reasons for returning after a long period away include : |
| 2 | As an Irish prime minister once said after listening to a long debate between his cabinet colleagues : ‘ I understand how it works in practice . |
| 3 | Middlesbrough deserved their win after leading for a long spell , though manager Lennie Lawrence 's heart must have sank when Tranmere snatched an 86th-minute equaliser . |
| 4 | José Napoleón Duarte , 64 , President of El Salvador in 1980-1982 and 1984-1989 , died on Feb. 23 after suffering for a long time from cancer . |
| 5 | It has been taken for granted for a long time that criticism and the academy go naturally together , and a large pedagogic and publishing industry has been built on that assumption . |
| 6 | Ann has n't done a lot of cooking for a long time though , have you really ? |
| 7 | The first point is that the user , if he or she uses the guide at all , probably finds the task of wading through a long , unindexed guide to find some specific piece of information somewhat tedious . |
| 8 | The arduous task of legging through a long tunnel like that under Castle Hill at Dudley could take over 3 hours . |
| 9 | In conclusion , I ask is it sensible needlessly to destroy a system which provides the best standard of living for all its citizens on the African continent and replace it with a system which will bring misery in the short-term and has little proof that it will ever attain today 's standard of living in the long term ? |
| 10 | As to GATT , a trade war between America and Europe would be bad for people 's stand of living in the long run but it would n't have much direct effect on Courtaulds . |
| 11 | Swansea deserved to win because , hard though they tried to disguise it , they actually were the better side , and in Robert Jones and the accomplished Tony Clement , they had half-backs capable of rising above the long grass slicked by rain and the inevitable slippery ball . |
| 12 | When the picture is sharp enough on fast search ( machines vary ) , then you have a way of skipping through a long programme , perhaps selecting only some sections for normal viewing . |
| 13 | As the only bridesmaid , she had been following Liz up the aisle of the small country church , nervously clutching her bouquet of trailing greenery and praying that she would n't make the awful mistake of treading on the long train of Liz 's wedding dress . |
| 14 | She even hummed along with the radio as she rattled down the motorway , something she had n't felt like doing in a long time . |
| 15 | Daniel sliced the bird 's plump breast and pulled tendons out of the lopped legs , fished for stuffing with a long spoon . |
| 16 | Begins with moaning in a long hoarse throat : |
| 17 | Statement is shot through with feeling in the long , passionately detailed account of the mutiny . |
| 18 | Prevent plants in containers and hanging baskets from drooping during a long hot summer by adding water-retentive gel , such as Broadleaf P4 , to the compost . |
| 19 | Jean Dwyer , widely known in publishing as the long standing London syndication manager of News Ltd of Australia , died in Oxford on 9th March , aged 59 , after a long illness . |
| 20 | An open trellis ( made of tree stakes ) down one length of the garden prevents it from looking like a long , thin bowling alley and utilises next door 's honeysuckle as an extension . |
| 21 | I knew players like the incomparable Joe Davis and I doubt if he did any more training than is entailed in going for a long walk . |
| 22 | Those and many other pressures may distract them from remaining for a long period in the Territorial Army . |
| 23 | ‘ She means , ’ the other twin chimed in , ‘ you are going to stay with us until Mummy and Daddy come out of the hos-hospital ? ’ she asked , finding difficulty in coping with the long word . |
| 24 | They refrained from responding to a long series of statements by senior Chinese officials which contradicted both the letter and the spirit of the Joint Declaration - including an assurance , for example , that the post-1997 Hong Kong press would be free for ‘ as long as it did not publish anything detrimental to China 's national interest ’ . |
| 25 | However , you will still need to get used to wearing them before embarking on a long trek . |
| 26 | Thus , the draftsman should be especially careful before embarking on a long list of matters that fall within a particular covenant . |
| 27 | I do n't like heroes , so I was pleased to find that on the way up to Gorffwysfa Norman fussed and worried as anyone might when faced with the return to climbing after a long break . |
| 28 | Without going through the long list of advantages that they possess , one or two are extremely appealing — a fast enough speed of about 60 miles an hour , low enough height for passengers to be able to enjoy the view and an ability to stop without falling . |
| 29 | The two silent watchers dropped to the ground and stayed there without moving for a long time . |
| 30 | At both Peter hit cracking drives , the first one giving me no trouble over agreeing with a long iron second shot . |