Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our first sight of the island was a sharp mountain peak jutting through the low cloud which unfortunately spoiled our view , but in minutes we were through the cloud and touching down on the long black runway which ran parallel to the shores of the fiord . |
| 2 | They were walking on to the long ridge they had been able to see from the cottage window . |
| 3 | They spoke briefly , and to the point , walking slowly towards the long , black limousine that would take Cowley back to CI5 headquarters . |
| 4 | Excitement for many at the thought of returning home after the long hard years in exile . |
| 5 | Louis , walking out to the long black car , was a sack of tears . |
| 6 | ‘ Returning now to the Long Stable , we enter the Upper Paddock , and first observe a hot-water apparatus , so arranged as to supply practically a constant supply . |
| 7 | Looking down at the long fair hair flowing over her shoulders , at the skimpy dress , the unlived-in face , he felt immeasurably old for not wanting to sweep her off there and then and make passionate love to her . |
| 8 | Searching back through the long history of feline deterrents , there appear to have been only three smelly substances that have achieved a measure of success . |
| 9 | The Wisharts , who lived in North London , were not looking forward to the long train journey one little bit ; being just after the war , the trains were run down , lacked essential maintenance and did n't keep very good time , so the Wisharts regarded the prospects of the journey with considerable misgivings . |
| 10 | What 's going on behind the long face and the short , practical crop is nothing we 're going to see through his eyes . |
| 11 | Only the day before , those noble , horned beasts had been filing unsuspectingly through the long grass of the plain , intending to wallow harmlessly in some cool place through the heat of the day . |
| 12 | But her own body told her a different story which , lying here for the long days of rest which had been prescribed for her , she had heard clearly enough through the bird-twitter of Linnet and her mother , and Tristan 's determined joviality . |
| 13 | The Government 's principal task in the months to come will be to restore the right mix of monetary and fiscal policy — now badly out of balance — so that interest rates have a better chance of coming down , and staying down over the long run . |
| 14 | The police car , cruising comfortably up the long hill out of town , came to a halt outside the Gothic-Victorian pile of St Aloysius . |
| 15 | He turned , staring out of the long window again , effectively dismissing the man . |
| 16 | Further to the north , along the ice-bound coast of Marie Byrd Land are more volcanoes , and a well-defined belt soon becomes established , swinging away into the long , crooked arm of the Graham Land peninsula , and then eastwards into a scatter of desolate , little-known volcanic islands , the South Sandwich Islands . |
| 17 | Twenty metres or so from the grass-packed hill which looks over the Rabbit Grounds I switched to Silent Running , pacing stealthily through the long weeds and reeds , careful not to let anything I was carrying make a noise . |
| 18 | The magnificent engine was strong and skilful still , but the suppleness and the sap were drying up in the long sinews , the head was already a death's-head . |
| 19 | We sat on the cloud covered summit , two Scots and three Germans , eating chocolate and sandwiches , the last party of the day , thinking apprehensively of the long way back but all happy to have reached the top . |