Example sentences of "out [prep] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The common language here is ‘ ASCII , comma-delimited ’ which simply means that the data fields in each record have commas stuck between them and are sent out as a long line of text with a carriage return indicating the end of the record .
2 His morning swims at the Queen Mother Leisure Centre in Victoria are a vital part of his training which he describes as ‘ a treat for my body after the running ’ and , like many other runners , he will go out for a long run on a Sunday .
3 Shrouded in snow and shivering with cold , I arrive at the door of the friary , and after calling out for a long time , the brother porter gets up and asks : ‘ Who is it ? ’
4 I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’
5 It seemed to ring out for a long time .
6 ‘ No point , our lights were out for a long time , they 'd just use that as an excuse .
7 Peter , ignoring his brother 's gibe about missing the sunsets , went to the window and stood gazing out for a long time without speaking .
8 His youngest daughter was almost ready for burial , her body emptied , dried out , repacked , decked out for the long night , bandaged in the finest linen with the scarab placed over her heart , and laid in her case of painted cedarwood .
9 The final tally was 41 , with 12 reported for possible prosecution , six cautioned , and 23 others either talked to or extremely worn out after a long chase .
10 The final tally was 41 , with 12 reported for possible prosecution , six cautioned , and 23 others either talked to or extremely worn out after a long chase .
11 It was like the sun coming out after a long time of darkness .
12 It 's like people sometimes have problems when they come out after a long stay in hospital — or the same sort of thing anyway .
13 Many students of engineering and other professional or semi-professional fields were in the past part-time not full-time , and sandwich courses have grown out of a long tradition of first night-school , then day release and then block release — a pattern associated in the post-war period mainly with the non-university sector .
14 It had come from nowhere , out of a long silence , like something fired from a gun .
15 For it was born out of a long histtory of protest .
16 He turned , staring out of the long window again , effectively dismissing the man .
17 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 ?
18 At this moment a lion bursts out of the long grass and bush and leaps on a warrior .
19 Such long term fixed rate financing opportunities may not be so readily available in the future , with the chance of the corporate sector being crowded , or priced , out of the long end of the market .
20 ‘ Or perhaps guilt has always been a condition of man , since the early days of the world , before time rolled out like a long slumber across the universe .
21 ‘ Listen for its slurred , gulping notes , increasing in speed and loudness , ’ reads one report , ‘ notes which are often drawn out into a long whistling finale . ’
22 When the solar wind encounters the magnetic field of a planet it has the effect of compressing the planetary field on the ‘ upwind ’ side , and of trailing it out into a long magnetotail on the ‘ downwind ’ side .
23 I reckon they 'll come with 9 or 10 behind the ball at all times and hope to catch Leeds out with a long punt or from a set piece .
24 Briefly , after diagnostic ERCP , endoscopic sphincterotomy is carried out with a long nose sphincterotome .
25 One difference between the pub and the rest of the street was that the brickwork had been painted cream which made it stand out from the long façade of varying shades of red or grey .
26 She 'd pick up a great lump of it and throw it over a nail and then oil her hands with spit and draw it out and out in a long skein , till it was smooth as glass … ’
27 Outside , Mitch let his breath out in a long sigh of relief .
28 Gazzer let his breath out in a long exhalation of relief .
29 She set all the animals out in a long line , headed by the lions ; a circus parade carved from wood and delicately coloured .
30 He strode past the lines of guards and attendants , nodded to the pair of officers who lounged at their ease in the shadow of the enormous length of midnight-blue fabric which hung suspended from the ceiling in lieu of a screen , and slackened his pace only when he was out in the long gallery which ran supported around the entire upper floor .
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