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

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1 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 .
2 Despite these adaptations , when the surrounding soil dries out during the long dry season , the toads may still lose considerable amounts of body water .
3 At this moment a lion bursts out of the long grass and bush and leaps on a warrior .
4 He turned , staring out of the long window again , effectively dismissing the man .
5 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 .
6 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 ?
7 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 .
8 Less than a mile to go as they pinged over the three obstacles set close together at the far end of the back straight , and Mill House was ail of three lengths ahead : as they stretched out round the long sweeping turn towards the Pond Fence , the third from home , it really seemed as if he was at last going to take his revenge on Arkle .
9 Gazzer rolled off the drum and lay , flat out in the long grass .
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 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 ’ .
12 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 .
13 At present , Ann led and Megan followed , but that would sort itself out in the long run .
14 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 ) .
15 He said , ‘ Remember the peasant dance where they came out in the long , hooped skirts and you ca n't see their feet ?
16 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 .
17 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
18 Later we stretched out on the long benches of the White Horse Farm , comparing our bruises and recounting our 30-mile epic .
19 And so I set out on the long journey back to Thornfield .
20 He laid it carefully out on the long table whilst waving Corbett over .
21 He is a great example to anyone who has a setback and it is marvellous to hear how he has put adversity behind him as he sets out on the long slog round the tough pro circuit once again .
22 The short pole was now out of the question so it was out on the long pole .
23 They are well spread out down the long narrow winding village , built originally along the edge of marshland , hence the ‘ Sea-ton ’ .
24 Louis , walking out to the long black car , was a sack of tears .
25 Mrs. Mott had been very put out by the long time the builders had stayed in the hall ; the chattering of the girls was the final straw .
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