Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] the long " in BNC.

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1 thank you , now we 're going to bind this up , you take the long edge , sorry that goes down the long edge comes first of all over the two fingers and round the base of the thumb
2 They file into the office and sit round the long oak table , slightly in awe of Vic , serious men in chain-store suits , with pens and pencils sticking out of their breast pockets .
3 I doubt that she 'll ever go upstairs again , ’ he added , going to the window and pushing aside the long red drapes .
4 So much for security , Ruth mused as she leapt back into the jeep and drove up the long gravelly drive ; I could be a burglar for all he knew .
5 Without a moment 's delay Aunt Tossie got up and sailed down the long room , the ends of her boa floating out behind her , careless majesty in her gait .
6 He must have been crouched behind a bank of snow watching him all the time as he came struggling and panting up the long slope .
7 No wonder the Polynesians call them aa flows — and go round the long way !
8 With a fair wind Viking made short work of the intervening twelve miles , lifting easily and striding down the long seas .
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