Example sentences of "on [prep] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trial ground on through the long hot summer in Pretoria . |
| 2 | With a path to walk on through the long ‘ now ’ of summer . |
| 3 | What 's going on behind the long face and the short , practical crop is nothing we 're going to see through his eyes . |
| 4 | Behind the facade , behind the glittering ceremony and the IAAF delegates ’ hotels which were far superior to those for the athletes , there was a lot of wrong-doing , not least the cheating that went on in the long jump where they tried to wangle a bronze medal for Evangelisti , the Italian , by inaccurate measuring . |
| 5 | But we should be further on in the long march from paternalism . |
| 6 | She tugged at Sadie 's sleeve and they walked on down the long aisle of the hall . |
| 7 | They were walking on to the long ridge they had been able to see from the cottage window . |
| 8 | Willie clutched on to the long wooden seat and , as they jolted over the rough cobbled road , his eyelids drooped and he became drowsy . |
| 9 | The original pirate radio ship Mi Amigo eventually drifted helplessly on to the Long Sand Head where she sank . |
| 10 | Hawkmoths , which are among the swiftest insect flyers capable of speeds of 50 kph , have reduced their hind wings very considerably in size and latched them on to the long narrow fore-wings with a curved bristle . |
| 11 | Secure on to the long sides of the house ( two on each side ) with a little royal icing . |
| 12 | The taxi pulled into her street , the leafy shade of the trees sending dappled moonlight on to the long , sleek black bonnet of a chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce limousine . |