Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 61 | Deceleration commences with a long delay number ( 25 ) , which allows time for the rotor to swing past the equilibrium position into a position where the motor is producing the negative torque required for deceleration . |
| 62 | Deceleration commences with a long excitation period ( T1' ) to allow the rotor to move ahead of the equilibrium position and produce negative torque . |
| 63 | As my hon. Friend the Member for Copeland ( Dr. Cunninghan ) said , the Secretary of State spoke for a long time — until about 6 o'clock . |
| 64 | But the old Jew sat for a long time in silence as the wind and rain in the darkness outside lashed at the windows of Damiani 's old home . |
| 65 | The crowd lingers for a long time , until it 's almost dark . |
| 66 | The geographical concentration of the relatively high per capita income services — especially in finance — in London and the South East has for a long time been a feature of the British economy [ Brown , 1972 ] . |
| 67 | Typical of these is the Welsh three-course rotation : oats , either autumn or spring sown ; followed by mangolds or swedes ; and then barley undersown to a long ley . |
| 68 | If the situation lasts for a long time with no sign of improvement , you should discuss the future very carefully with the doctor or hospital specialist , rather than trying to cope in a hopeless situation which can not resolve itself . |
| 69 | Have n't had my hand kissed for a long time . ’ |
| 70 | The film opened on a long lingering shot of sponsors ' lorries . |
| 71 | ‘ I have n't played guitar synth live for a long time , but what I use is a Photon MIDI converter , which I actually got about two weeks ago ; I put it on one of my Steinberger guitars . |
| 72 | Well by now it 's perfectly clear that the suggestion that these characteristics rest in the blood and in race is wrong , but there remains this enormous field of characteristic garnered from a long historical process . |
| 73 | He handed me an eyepiece attached to a long lead and there , through a series of prisms , were my lower intestines in glorious technicolour . |
| 74 | The stockings on Christmas morning are always full of useful things ( Clarissa 's includes Pond 's Cold Cream and tights ) , then after church the family goes for a long walk to work up a hearty appetite for dinner . |
| 75 | The second concerns a love for God which is a gift and has nothing to do with learning ( c.5-7 ) ; this itself has two aspects covering that which is experienced sporadically by both actives and contemplatives , and a stabler devotion given after a long process of discipline in which the contemplative feels a " grete rest of bodie and of soule " ( 7.282a. – 81 ) . |
| 76 | She did n't need to read the manufacturer 's name to recognise the sleek lines of a Bang and Olufsen television and VCR or its matching hi-fi and CD player stacked on a long , low teak drawer-unit . |
| 77 | A family likeness can be seen among all the boys , every face dominated by a long curved nose . |
| 78 | When they had eaten their meal of wheat ro is and milk they kept the fire going for a long time . |
| 79 | So he and his rider galloped up a long hill and then down a longer hill and then up another hill and so on without a break for eight exhausting miles , and the more his rider puffed and gasped for breath , the more he enjoyed himself and the faster he went ! |
| 80 | Viciously beaten and sexually abused , he sustained series injury leading to a long round of hospitals , major brain surgery and permanent disability . |
| 81 | This species has a finely toothed margin ; a large , wide leaf born on a long stem . |
| 82 | I 'm also sorry to disappoint all those writers on anorexia nervosa who insist that the disease stems from a long standing aversion to sexuality and childbirth . |
| 83 | The uniform consists of a long split skirt called a hakama , a special armoured breastplate , a full head mask , and thickly padded gloves . |
| 84 | The Princess found herself pigeon holed for a long time as a result of those early associations , but they were nevertheless a useful apprenticeship . |
| 85 | But in what seemed like a very short period my mother died after a long illness . |
| 86 | Now he faced the biggest obstacle he would ever have to clear , for the only chance of cure lay in a long and horrifically painful course of chemotherapy . |
| 87 | This family comes from a long line of fishermen … now unable to float their boats in the silted up harbour except at high tide they catch hardly enough to feed themselves . |
| 88 | Northern European warriors also used the halberd , which consisted of an axe blade balanced by a pick , with the head of the shaft terminating in a long , vicious spike . |