Example sentences of "and [vb base] the long " in BNC.

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1 However , I think it is Standing Order No. 62(b) which states that a Committee can amend a Bill and change the long title for that purpose .
2 But you 'd do better to come down with me and make the long trip round . ’
3 He swung round , still with Emma in his arms , and not until he saw Peggy dash up the room and pick the long , steel poker from its rest on the brass open-work fender did he release her .
4 Those technologists and designers who question these processes and challenge the long term viability of the present approach to systems design are written off as being unrealistic or even senile .
5 Let's snuff out the shod people and welcome the long shadows .
6 His body still convulsing , he fumbles to untie his turban and release the long twisted tuft of hair , the dhāmi 's insignia , that 's always covered from sight except when he 's possessed — when he becomes the god .
7 Each evening , after supper , Ann and I would launch the boat and fish the long summer night , accompanied by the sound of curlew and ghostly shape of long-eared owl ; and happy splash of rising trout .
8 I look at my wife and see the long journey that we have come .
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