Example sentences of "on [prep] the long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 What 's going on behind the long face and the short , practical crop is nothing we 're going to see through his eyes .
2 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 .
3 But we should be further on in the long march from paternalism .
4 She tugged at Sadie 's sleeve and they walked on down the long aisle of the hall .
5 They were walking on to the long ridge they had been able to see from the cottage window .
6 The original pirate radio ship Mi Amigo eventually drifted helplessly on to the Long Sand Head where she sank .
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