Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were other reasons for the long use of the sickle . |
| 2 | May the Town Crier remain in the very capable hands of the college students and lecturers for a long time to come . |
| 3 | Then she ran her fingers through the long strands of her hair , getting rid of the worst of the tangles and flicking it back from her face . |
| 4 | By 0930 they were all in their coaches for the long journey back to Brighton , for that evening they all became civilians again and had to be ready for their ordinary jobs on Monday . |
| 5 | There were times during the long hours of dark when he did drop into an uneasy doze , but never for more than a few minutes together . |
| 6 | The most interesting result is that it gives quicker search times for a long word list over the 26-way methods . |
| 7 | She met his eyes for a long while , then nodded . |
| 8 | The maid stared into his eyes for a long moment and then suddenly turned away . |
| 9 | Fand looked her in the eyes for a long moment ; and it was difficult for Ruth to face the utter loneliness of that gaze . |
| 10 | He fondled her between her long legs for a long time , and she remained still for him . |
| 11 | The challenge , a 5km run , a 30km cycle ride and then back on 2 legs for the long run home . |
| 12 | With only the staff at Bloomsbury House and their regional offices as the long stop for advice and modest practical assistance , it is not surprising that a high proportion of Kindertransporte veterans , possibly as many as one in ten , found themselves up against the police or other bastions of social authority . |
| 13 | I 'm not calling , either , for sporadic barracking or bricks through the Long Room windows . |
| 14 | Barry Stewart , defending , said Watson and Paul Cocker had had the offences hanging over their heads for a long time , adding : ‘ It was Darren Cocker 's godfather who was the tragic victim of crime . ’ |
| 15 | Vadinamia has its own ultra-tight security that has been frustrating spies for a long time . |
| 16 | The old certainties that ruled computer industry analysis over the past 30 years are tumbling like autumn leaves , and commercial realities are now eating away at the traditional determination of Japanese companies to forget the bottom line and stick with major product sectors for the long term : Sony Corp says it is considering pulling out of Japan 's competitive word processor market to save the cost of developing and manufacturing new models , Reuter reports from Tokyo ; Sony began making word processors in 1985 and production reached a peak of 10,000 a month ; NEC Corp , Toshiba Corp , Fujitsu Ltd and Sharp Corp now dominate the market and Sony currently makes just 500 of the things a month , a drop in the 1992 market ocean of 2.6m machines . |
| 17 | It eliminated the need to grow acres of turnips or grain to feed the animals during the long winter months . |
| 18 | When you round out the aircraft floats for a long way and flies very nose down . |
| 19 | There are peel-off labels for the long holiday dates , something with which you can amuse yourself on the next bank holiday . |
| 20 | I got up feeling bilious and with a burning headache , wobbling from the previous day 's struggle , as if I were finding my legs after a long illness . |
| 21 | In the eyes of the Long March veterans , young people were easily duped by the enemies of socialism and needed to be watched carefully . |
| 22 | It is exquisite work of an artist content with the archaic tradition , and the same designer is clearly at work on the fragments of the long south frieze ( chariots , horsemen , an altar ; fig. 61 ) . |
| 23 | While the inherited allele is mutated , the normal allele is subsequently deleted in a somatic , mitotic event involving variable sized fragments of the long arm of chromosome 5 . |
| 24 | There were cages against the long wall and dark , manlike shapes were moving towards the bars ; the tiled floor glistened wet from a recent hosing-down , the walls were rough and whitewashed , and at the end of the room there were some battered grey lockers , a large enamel sink , and a bare wooden butcher-block table with a greengrocer 's scale on it . |
| 25 | On the other , that he was not forgotten-that there were pockets of admirers who still cherished his books throughout the long years when they were out of print . |
| 26 | The early fossil bony fish have tails with the long blade uppermost , whereas the more advanced living bony fish have a tail that is symmetrical , and more effective in producing a horizontal thrust . |
| 27 | Gaughan held his head in his hands after 23 minutes when Shrewsbury defender Dean Spink headed just over his own bar while trying to clear another effort , and the former Sunderland man forced Perks to his knees with a long range right foot shot . |
| 28 | ‘ Out of the stuff I 've heard , ‘ This Is Not A Song ’ by The Frank & Walters is one of the most moving songs in a long time . |
| 29 | Growing your own vegetables is much the cheapest way of avoiding pesticides in the long run , but in the short term it may be possible to get unsprayed produce from someone with a large garden or allotment . |
| 30 | Because most of the oil was dispersed to below the surface , it would enter the marine food chain ; and because the oil was easily ingested , it could have damaging effects on birds and animals in the long term . |