Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] [prep] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | If society 's resource could be used to make more output , even the poor might be better off in the long run . |
| 2 | But we should be further on in the long march from paternalism . |
| 3 | The original pirate radio ship Mi Amigo eventually drifted helplessly on to the Long Sand Head where she sank . |
| 4 | He laid it carefully out on the long table whilst waving Corbett over . |
| 5 | " I always thought that gardens , " said Clara , as they progressed slowly back along the long stretch of grass , and down the steps to the lower level , " I always thought that gardens were for growing flowers in . |
| 6 | It seems to even out in the long run , although sometimes one has to give a wry smile when a customer dithers over one of ‘ hers ’ and one of ‘ mine ’ — then chooses ‘ hers ’ . |
| 7 | I glanced at her , trying to hide my embarrassment with a swift and flippant response , but I could think of nothing to say and so I looked back at the binnacle , then up to the long moon-burnished sea ahead . |
| 8 | Gazzer rolled off the drum and lay , flat out in the long grass . |