Example sentences of "[adv prt] to [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , I came back into his office and gave him his coffee , and was just getting down to a long bout of conveyancing when the phone in our room rang . |
| 2 | Their congregations of ‘ Independents ’ were justly named in a society settling down to a long period of outward conformity and growing indifference to religion . |
| 3 | With a solar-type star , however , the temperature rises to ten million degrees or so , and nuclear reactions are triggered off , so that the star settles down to a long period of stable existence . |
| 4 | After a long time I heard him get up and come over to the long wall , near to where I was sitting listlessly in the arm-chair . |
| 5 | I go over to the long mirror and have a look . |
| 6 | Penelope went over to the long mirror to survey the general effect of her dress . |
| 7 | Lorimer grinned and beckoned her over to the long windows . |
| 8 | Alexandra went over to the long glass on a mahogany frame that stood in the bow window and looked at herself . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's why we did not get tied up to a long deal before . |
| 10 | Immediately beyond , a short lane leads up to a long terrace of cottages built to house the workers of the Millthrop woollen mill nearby across the river , and looking rather forlorn and out of place since their source of employment was destroyed by fire many years ago . |
| 11 | Steps to the left lead up to a long stretch of path which continues parallel to the road . |
| 12 | If so , it is difficult to know how he would have stood up to the long haul that still awaited him . |
| 13 | Lucy was also aware that Doreen 's previous anger appeared to have vanished as she carried refilled plates back to the long table , where she chatted and laughed with the men and the two guides . |
| 14 | The lithe vessel left a white wake that stretched all the way back to the long iron and glass walkway of the railway terminal , a thin cord of foam linking the crowded paddle-steamer to a solid world of steam trains , corner shops , and utility furniture . |
| 15 | We peeped through the purpose-made hole on to a long tyke and waited hopefully … bearded reedling ? water rail ? bittern ? |
| 16 | Jenna hastily looked away and followed Marguerite up the curved stairs and on to a long landing . |
| 17 | I liked the way the usherette threaded the torn half-tickets on to a long string so they made a branch of monkey-puzzle tree . |
| 18 | They were walking on to the long ridge they had been able to see from the cottage window . |
| 19 | The original pirate radio ship Mi Amigo eventually drifted helplessly on to the Long Sand Head where she sank . |
| 20 | Secure on to the long sides of the house ( two on each side ) with a little royal icing . |