Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cows moved slowly through the long green grass . |
| 2 | The trial ground on through the long hot summer in Pretoria . |
| 3 | We abandoned the last Munro , especially as it 's a top that can be combined with Meall Greigh to be bagged another day , and staggered down into the long glen that would take us back to our morning starting point . |
| 4 | ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear . |
| 5 | In Levene v Pearcey [ 1976 ] Crim LR 63 , a taxi-driver falsely told his passenger that the route was blocked and charged more for the longer way . |
| 6 | Again , do n't worry if you get slightly different results , as your assumptions may differ from ours ( for instance , we have assumed two sheets , two pillowcases and two towels per guest , changed once for the longer of the two conferences ) . |
| 7 | Scottie loved travelling and behaved splendidly during the long drives and sailing periods . |
| 8 | France : new orders dried up as the long run of 63 reactors either built or under construction came to an end and the country grappled with the problem of an over-supply of electricity . |
| 9 | Then , as some car in the street outside her hotel coughed and choked and backfired , Fabia abruptly came out of the long reverie she had fallen into , and back to the present , to realise that it was Monday morning — did she think she was going to sit there in bed all day ? |
| 10 | He said , ‘ Remember the peasant dance where they came out in the long , hooped skirts and you ca n't see their feet ? |
| 11 | He clambered up behind the long bonnet , onto the padded bucket seat . |
| 12 | Despite the myths which surround the Act , it turned out in the long term to be quite efficient and reasonably humane , but the threat of transition sparked off another series of troubles in Sussex , the last concerted fling of desperation . |
| 13 | They turned abruptly into the long gardens of the Inner Temple , fenced off from sightseers . |
| 14 | She tugged at Sadie 's sleeve and they walked on down the long aisle of the hall . |
| 15 | Madge was attended by six little Burmese bridesmaids , who as soon as she arrived started off up the long aisle , and she followed with the kind friend at whose house she had spent the previous two nights and who ‘ gave her away ’ . |
| 16 | Bigwig 's eyes were closed and his lips pulled back from the long front teeth in a fixed snarl . |
| 17 | It was thus the internal policies of the United States that determined to a great extent who among the indebted nations won and who lost out in the long debt crisis of the 1980s ( Wellons , 1987 ) . |
| 18 | Angel 's fingers drummed angrily on the steering wheel as he gazed moodily at the long , straight road ahead of them . |
| 19 | Willie clutched on to the long wooden seat and , as they jolted over the rough cobbled road , his eyelids drooped and he became drowsy . |
| 20 | Behind the facade , behind the glittering ceremony and the IAAF delegates ’ hotels which were far superior to those for the athletes , there was a lot of wrong-doing , not least the cheating that went on in the long jump where they tried to wangle a bronze medal for Evangelisti , the Italian , by inaccurate measuring . |
| 21 | Athelstan stared down at the long , white face under its tarry black hood . |
| 22 | Ingram looked doubtfully at the long table , rocking up and down like a lugger in a gale . |
| 23 | She looked over at the long table . |
| 24 | Alexandra went over to the long glass on a mahogany frame that stood in the bow window and looked at herself . |
| 25 | Penelope went over to the long mirror to survey the general effect of her dress . |
| 26 | The courtyard was no longer floodlit but the moon was brilliant , filling the room with light , and Maggie slid from her bed and went quickly to the long window that led to the veranda . |
| 27 | Whether that would have been , at that time , for the benefit of the mass of the Chinese people we 're talking about erm I do n't think I , I rather think that the er turn that Mao took probably in the long run , in the long term , was to the benefit of the mass of people erm the peasantry , the workers in China because I think the alternative would have been erm international exploitation . |
| 28 | Helen asked me to explain what I meant , and listened carefully to the long story of what I had suffered at Gateshead . |
| 29 | Jules took a piece of pandoli and chewed contentedly on the long biscuit . |
| 30 | I lay back in the long chair . |