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

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1 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 … ’
2 Outside , Mitch let his breath out in a long sigh of relief .
3 Gazzer let his breath out in a long exhalation of relief .
4 She set all the animals out in a long line , headed by the lions ; a circus parade carved from wood and delicately coloured .
5 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 .
6 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 ) .
7 It seems to even out in the long run , although sometimes one has to give a wry smile when a customer dithers over one of ‘ hers ’ and one of ‘ mine ’ — then chooses ‘ hers ’ .
8 At present , Ann led and Megan followed , but that would sort itself out in the long run .
9 Mankind will lose out in the long run if wild varieties of crop plant species are allowed to die out as it will mean that
10 For example , some women in a financial position to stop work and start a family are loath to give up their careers for a period , knowing they may lose out in the long term .
11 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 .
12 Gazzer rolled off the drum and lay , flat out in the long grass .
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