Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly I was climbing up the long ladder of the North pier , the rucksack being roped afterwards . |
| 2 | Looking down the long straight of Avenida del Sol , I saw a rainbow 's end brushing the sign dug into the hillside : ‘ Viva el Peru ’ . |
| 3 | The rationale , however , for that is clear : while insurers are willing to concede that accidents will happen , events developing over a long period of time because of a lack of concern for the potential hazards should not be allowed to . |
| 4 | A bank of phones , paperwork cascading over a long table , two computers programmed to look for patterns , similarities , oddities . |
| 5 | ‘ This was her school project , ’ he explains , picking up a long computer print-out . |
| 6 | For long-range fishing you can do without the elasticity , for picking up a long length of line and planting a hook is difficult enough without any ‘ give ’ . |
| 7 | ( Picking up a long nail . ) |
| 8 | Picking up the long gun , Doyle ran his finger along the barrel and then held it out to the Hare-woman . |
| 9 | And they did ; all flattened and crouched , creeping low in the grass ; quite unlike the sprightly reed with its flashy habit of fanning out the long tail to show off white outer tail feathers . |
| 10 | Oh aye , I said to John I said well I say well how far we 're going cos I 'm not keen on going right a long way |
| 11 | She crossed the stableyard and went into the house , hurrying down the long passage until she arrived , flushed high in expectation , at the service door to the dining room , where Maman and Dada and Aunt Tossie were eating breakfast . |
| 12 | He was hurrying down the long room , with some white gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other hand . |
| 13 | There , as a mid-wife explains , he is standing on his head , whiling away the long hours of labour with yoga practice . |
| 14 | Lisa Buckingham writes : Chemical companies have finally secured insurance to help them pay the costs of cleaning up the long term damage they do to the environment . |
| 15 | In other words , I C I , Ingaselectric , A E I , all the big firms , all the er coal mines , all the British Rail , well British Rail in those days , and these large firms trained large numbers of apprentices and then after the five years they tipped you out , I 'm sorry I 'm going back a long while , into what they call an improver status and then you could either come back to the firm or you could go , stay where you were . |
| 16 | If I 'm depressed at all it is that I think that you could make this process slightly less obtrusive and violent and spark-generating if there was more systematic analysis and discussion beforehand , going back a long way . |
| 17 | They 've discovered we 're the oldest family in the whole county , going back a long way ! |
| 18 | well that 's going back a long time , is n't it ? |
| 19 | And the other one which is er Mr and that er has details of various convictions with er picture of his as a rather younger man er , various offences going back to nineteen seventy five and occupying quite a long space but there . |
| 20 | It is now known , however , that it is made up of basaltic rocks , derived indirectly from peridotite , and erupted by volcanic action along the ridge itself , building up the long submarine mountain range and giving rise to the relatively few volcanoes which poke their heads above sea level . |
| 21 | ‘ Actually , ’ she said , ‘ you 'll notice I 'm wearing rather a long dress . |
| 22 | The cab skidded to a halt , its headlights pointing down a long slope of scree . |
| 23 | Apart from its prominence , Luxulyan was several miles from a river estuary , requiring both a long water pipeline and cooling towers , whilst Gwithian was near the tourist honeypot of St Ives . |
| 24 | With the body and neck made of maple , a wide strap is almost essential , as the Artist weighs a ton , and lasting out a long gig without collapsing or gaining some kind of spinal disorder is something of an achievement . |
| 25 | Josh stifled a yawn and opened the Register of Membership , running down the long list of names and pencilling question-marks against those who were old or infirm or generally unreliable . |
| 26 | He must have been crouched behind a bank of snow watching him all the time as he came struggling and panting up the long slope . |
| 27 | The bagman-fox , now on home ground , had delayed them by running up a long culvert . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're taking rather a long rest , are n't you ? ’ |
| 29 | We had crossed over to Mykines early in the day , sailing down the long fiord from the village of Sørvágur . |
| 30 | This is carrying on a long tradition of Eastern Centre get-togethers for E H Os , we 've done residential courses every two years for I do n't know how many years . |