Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Improv provides business an professional users with a unique set of capabilities for dynamic viewing and analysis , and , for building spreadsheets that can be easily reused , modified and shared over a long lifecycle . |
| 2 | They file into the office and sit round the long oak table , slightly in awe of Vic , serious men in chain-store suits , with pens and pencils sticking out of their breast pockets . |
| 3 | He delved into a saddlebag and drew out a long , black chain . |
| 4 | I doubt that she 'll ever go upstairs again , ’ he added , going to the window and pushing aside the long red drapes . |
| 5 | So much for security , Ruth mused as she leapt back into the jeep and drove up the long gravelly drive ; I could be a burglar for all he knew . |
| 6 | ( Martial arts are a way of life — skills learnt and practised over a long period , used to tune the mind and body to a state of superb readiness . |
| 7 | ‘ There is enough to do , ’ he said , and let out a long breath . |
| 8 | Benstede pursed his lips and let out a long sigh . |
| 9 | Lucinda ran her tongue round her suddenly dry lips and let out a long , slow whistle . |
| 10 | Then , satisfied that the French would check their advance till they were certain no picquet line waited in ambush , he stared westwards towards the clouds and let out a long heavy breath . |
| 11 | Without a moment 's delay Aunt Tossie got up and sailed down the long room , the ends of her boa floating out behind her , careless majesty in her gait . |
| 12 | On the west bank we pushed the bikes up a steep slope and cycled along a long straight road towards the desert and the tombs past green canals , lines of heavy trees and slumbering houses . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The church began in late Saxon times and developed over a long period , finally being made redundant in the 1960s , when part of it collapsed . |
| 16 | Mould a very little black food colouring into some spare fondant to create a light marbled grey effect , and roll out a long strip to place along each side of the road . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The second man reached into his pocket and pulled out a long length of what looked like ribbon . |
| 19 | The CEGB would perhaps be more fully convincing in its argument on fuel diversity if it could show that it had more real commitment to the development and use over a long time scale of renewable-energy technologies . |
| 20 | No wonder the Polynesians call them aa flows — and go round the long way ! |
| 21 | On their way out they opened up a tool-box and took out a long slender chisel apiece . |
| 22 | It is no longer adequate just to produce a plan of a church : all walls and elevations need to be examined closely , since most churches are built , developed and extended over a long period . |
| 23 | Pion pulled at Masklin 's arm , pointed to the looming white shape with his other hand , and rattled off a long sentence in Floridian or , if the Thing was right , nearly original nomish . |
| 24 | With a fair wind Viking made short work of the intervening twelve miles , lifting easily and striding down the long seas . |
| 25 | He was very interested in Jenna 's accident and stayed quite a long time . |
| 26 | Housing committee chairwoman Margaret Clarke said : ‘ We are making progress on arrears , but have quite a long way to go . |