Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] a long [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the region of sub-Sahara Africa , the once general custom of observing a long post-partum abstinence ( often as long as three or four years ) was based on recognition of the chain linking the sickness or death of an infant or young child to the new pregnancy that disturbed or interrupted the breastfeeding of the suckling child . |
| 2 | Short of finding a long forgotten stock of Tempo spares in a local high street hardware shop , it looks as though it will have to be a new cooker . |
| 3 | If it was like seeing a long lost friend again after twenty-seven years , Darby O'Gill was comfortingly predictable with touches of the old sparkle but we had lost a lot of common ground as I had moved from a place of romance and innocence through a world of cynicism and calculated sophistication . |
| 4 | And our thoughts changed from admiring the scenery to contemplating a long uphill stretch . |
| 5 | Strip any leaves from the portion to be buried , and then expose some of the inner tissues near a node by scraping bark from the underside , twisting the stem to break some of the fibres , or by making a long sloping cut into the centre of the stem to form a ‘ tongue ’ , held open with a matchstick . |
| 6 | Walter solved this problem by mounting a long flat spring between the check and the action frame at the treble end . |