Example sentences of "out [prep] a long " 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 | Anna read the letter with incomprehension , then put Charlotte into her secondhand pram — donated by the Young Wives ' Group — and went out for a long and significant walk . |
| 6 | It seemed to ring out for a long time . |
| 7 | One evening they were out for a long , long time . |
| 8 | ‘ No point , our lights were out for a long time , they 'd just use that as an excuse . |
| 9 | Peter , ignoring his brother 's gibe about missing the sunsets , went to the window and stood gazing out for a long time without speaking . |
| 10 | It 's like people sometimes have problems when they come out after a long stay in hospital — or the same sort of thing anyway . |
| 11 | It was like the sun coming out after a long time of darkness . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It had come from nowhere , out of a long silence , like something fired from a gun . |
| 15 | I was born in May 1947 , when the whole of Britain was thawing out of a long , freezing winter made crueller by a fuel crisis . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | For it was born out of a long histtory of protest . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Colour another 225g 18oz ) of the marzipan green , and roll out into a long wide strip . |
| 22 | If you try that with erm a piece of wood , you try to pull it out into a long thin wire it would just break . |
| 23 | Briefly , after diagnostic ERCP , endoscopic sphincterotomy is carried out with a long nose sphincterotome . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Gazzer let his breath out in a long exhalation of relief . |
| 26 | Perhaps she was : she seemed to let it out in a long , gusty sigh , and walked away from the children , down the track to a place where a flat rock jutted out from the side of the bank . |
| 27 | 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 … ’ |
| 28 | She set all the animals out in a long line , headed by the lions ; a circus parade carved from wood and delicately coloured . |
| 29 | Outside , Mitch let his breath out in a long sigh of relief . |
| 30 | Here he stuck out his chest and strutted about like a professional walker setting out on a long distance race . |