Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the site became available , the University took the opportunity to purchase the long lease for development , both as a public amenity and as accommodation for the Departments of Art History and Music . |
| 2 | The base had a long history as home to the packers , as well as medical and catering units . |
| 3 | The lorry driver was real , not a stuntman , because it was thought no one else would have the expertise to drive a long , heavy vehicle at a specific speed . |
| 4 | The basic rule is that if the second syllable of the verb contains a long vowel or diphthong , or if it ends with more than one consonant , that second syllable is stressed . |
| 5 | But last week , I was informed , the point of my anecdote about the documentary Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe — in which the German film director fulfilled a promise to eat the aforementioned footwear if a friend of his raised the money to complete a long cherished project — was rather lost since ‘ shoe ’ appeared on the page twice as ‘ show ’ . |
| 6 | " The grave seems a long way off . " |
| 7 | If the final syllable of the stem contains a long vowel or diphthong , or if it ends with more than one consonant , that syllable receives the stress . |
| 8 | It was not unusual for the orderer of the Boozebuster to specify a long route back to the office to give the victim 's fellow revellers time to get back ahead of him . |
| 9 | The convent has a long tradition of illustrating cards and books with delicate hand-crafted watercolours and inscriptions . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , the driver spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 11 | Talk of a realignment on the centre-left of the spectrum has a long history . |
| 12 | The Association has a long history ( dating back to the end of the last century ) , and the ESRC funded project will complement existing work on the period before 1946 . |
| 13 | This became pronounced in 1949 when the College secured a long lease on two houses , 21 and 23 Cromwell Road , into one of which they moved the Senior and Junior Common Rooms , formerly housed in a hut in Queensgate . |
| 14 | The building of the complex spanned a long period , from the foundation of the cathedral in 1063 to the completion of the campanile in 1350 , but the whole group is one stylistic unit . |
| 15 | The setting is the tea-room of the Ritz and the dress is slinky — a tight black jersey number , split at the side to allow a long , black-stockinged leg to be flourished with full drama . |
| 16 | The booth to the left of the entrance houses the Long Room Conservation Project . |
| 17 | If the chemical diffuses a long way it is more like shouting and a larger number of cells could receive the signal . |
| 18 | The fighting cast a long shadow over the UN peace-keeping operation in Croatia , where the first infantry units arrived over the weekend . |
| 19 | The seal spent a long time underwater , thinking . |
| 20 | On Europe , the Leader of the Opposition gave a long answer during the Queen 's Speech debate on 31 October . |
| 21 | It seemed to Lefevre that the splash took a long time in coming . |
| 22 | From the early 1920s Chiang devoted much of his attention to suppressing his communist rivals rather than forming a united front with them to resist the Japanese , but they established a strong base in the northwest following the Long March of 1934 . |
| 23 | ‘ The horse has a long neck , and that helped me get back in the saddle , ’ he added . |
| 24 | He saw none of our usual green cucumbers for sale , the Dutch preferring a long , white , prickly variety , not as watery or so full of seeds . |
| 25 | The girl spent a long time wondering whether she could pluck up courage to mention she 'd thought of going to the Swimming Gala if her mother really felt there was nothing she could do . |
| 26 | The Queen heads a long list of lenders of the more than 700 objects in the exhibition . |
| 27 | ‘ The coach arrived a long time ago ! |
| 28 | And Nyasha and all her family and everybody from the village made a long long line and set off through the forest . |
| 29 | The village has a long history . |
| 30 | The judge said the long sentence should serve as a warning to others tempted to join the illegal trade in exotic birds . |