Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the level of total exports and of exports of manufactures rose throughout the long boom and the 1970s . |
| 2 | There is one important difference : the Prime Minister and his Cabinet can embark boldly upon their way forward , with electoral considerations banished for a long time to come . |
| 3 | Lucenzo dragged her bags with him and muttered under his breath about their bulk while Meredith stoically forced her exhausted body after his dark figure , her legs aching with the long climb . |
| 4 | A slight sudden puff of breeze lifted a thickly leafed branch in front of her and she saw two figures , framed by the foliage at the instant their lips met in a long , smooth , seductive and very mutual kiss . |
| 5 | She unfastened her own belt , and as her arms wound about his neck their lips met in a long kiss . |
| 6 | Their eyes met in a long , arching stare . |
| 7 | The words arrived on a long feather of smoke . |
| 8 | Everyone 's solution was subjective , he thought , based on the resentments and jealousies festered in the long , bitter years of internal exile that the Shah had imposed on all those who would not recognize his sole and divinely inspired leadership of Iran . |
| 9 | The sea still echoed the storm , foot-high waves breaking with a long hush against the shingle , but the sky was blue and clear . |
| 10 | The authors believe the cause of these persistent spells lies in the ability of the short waves to react on the long waves in such a way that , under certain situations , they favour the very pattern that caused them . |
| 11 | The words finished on a long , drawn breath while she waited for the words she had no wish to hear . |
| 12 | The cat with yellow eyes crouched in the long grass in pursuit of a bird . |
| 13 | Euparkeria , with more pronounced legs balanced by a long tail , was probably a more direct forerunner of dinosaurs than Ornithosuchus , but it was smaller and more agile . |
| 14 | Such factors may include , for instance , a previous experience of loss which was dealt with badly , unresolved grief , past experience of failure , a lack of a sense of self-efficacy , a low self-esteem , a previous history of psychiatric disorder , and an absence of close relationships established over a long period of time . |
| 15 | Their eyes held for a long time and then he rested back on his elbows and looked at the treetops , his face suddenly serious . |
| 16 | His preliminary architectural sketches hung in a long glass frame on the passage wall inside the cottage . |
| 17 | The water cascaded down the face of the spillway again , the noise like a million stamping feet heard from a long way off . |
| 18 | Such churches were , therefore , like the basilica , rectangular in plan , twice as long as wide and had two or four rows of columns set along the long axis , providing three or five aisles . |
| 19 | Added to these was another important element , for the period of the festival was a time of licence : this was a necessary outlet in the community for the tensions repressed after the long period of hard physical toil . |
| 20 | Yeah , I 'm rather concerned that this kind of thing seems to be happening rather a lot , I mean this is so reminiscent of what happened in the , the four maisonette in in Fern Hill where we had empty blocks left for a long time erm becoming a magnet for vandalism and all kinds of everything ! |
| 21 | The small size of the private-rented sector and the difficulties which council house tenants face in moving between local authority areas have for a long time constituted major barriers to long distance migration by lower-income workers ( Robertson , 1979 ; Hughes and McCormick , 1981 ; OPCS , 1983 ; Hamnett , 1984 ) . |
| 22 | The displays are shown in Victorian cases housed in a long , narrow gallery running parallel to the windows onto Chambers Street . |
| 23 | High acidity of the duodenal contents has for a long time been found to be associated with gastric metaplasia , both in humans and in laboratory animals . |
| 24 | Pipe cutters consist of a long pair of handles , with a very heavy bicycle-chain-type construction with cutting wheels in the centre . |
| 25 | In this tale , two weeds grew on a river bank ; one of them conserved its energy , and grew low and small and brown , with its sights set on a long life , while the other put forth all its strength into growing tall and into colouring itself a beautiful green . |
| 26 | One hundred years seems like a long time to us , because it is longer than our lifetime . |
| 27 | Through all the turnings of his thoughts one image dogged him — Colberg 's face , so sharply carved , his eyes a wee bit slanting at the corners , his nostrils cut on a long shallow curve , his forehead not rounded but angled above the glossy black hairs at the outside ends of his eyebrows . |
| 28 | The reason for all this is because carp are very hard fish to catch and carp fishermen fish for a long period of time often a few nights and days . |
| 29 | An unusual feature of the canteens is the noise : it is also a recreational area for games of dominoes , and the sound of the pieces echoes through the long room . |
| 30 | However , governments have for a long time been divided over how large a merger must be before it passes out of national hands to Brussels . |