Example sentences of "end [prep] [art] long " in BNC.

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1 This is the only mention found of Miller 's diary , without doubt one diligently kept at the end of every long day , and it is indeed regrettable that this meticulous record of his day-to-day activities and achievements at the Chelsea Physic Garden has not survived .
2 An epiphysis may be defined as ‘ a cartilaginous area present at each end of every long bone of the limbs , on the upper and lower faces of the vertebral bodies and in certain other locations where special processes are required for the attachment of muscles ’ ( Watson & Lowrey , 19512 ) .
3 Usually it is at the end of a long day 's racing , with a number of stressful periods all adding to the pilot 's fatigue .
4 This is one of the effects of lack of oxygen , but also of dehydration at the end of a long day 's excitement .
5 It was said that on the first occasion that a female student ‘ scrubbed ’ with him he was reaching the end of a long case and held up the piece of cat-gut slung under the ureter ( to identify it and keep it safe during the dissection ) , saying ‘ Cut ! ’
6 Towards the end of a long and tiring night shift , when news was coming through of the murder of another member of the RUC , one policeman in particular decided to put the field-worker through a test of trust .
7 A comfortable sleeping bag provides the means to re-charge your batteries at the end of a long day so it 's important to ensure you have the right one for the job .
8 The war was the cold , the wet , standing to your neck in a drain for a whole night with bloodhounds on your trail , not knowing how you could manage the next step toward the end of a long march .
9 ‘ This is a beautiful day at the end of a long way , but we are not yet at the end of that way , a whole lot remains to be done , ’ Mr Brandt said .
10 But by the end of a long morning , this show 's reputation for unrivalled unpredictability and entertainment was still intact .
11 Bonanza Boy finished a remote eighth in the race and is 10lb worse off with Little Polveir but it is unwise to judge him on that performance which came at the end of a long season after some punishing contests .
12 I think it was just the final end of a long line of demands that he 'd been making .
13 In Meswick hunters can find lodging in the Mushroom Cap Motel and tip back a few beers at the Mushroom Bar at the end of a long day 's tramp .
14 It 's not much to ask for , at the end of a long life . ’
15 A classical , goblet-shaped stone urn , placed on a plinth at the end of a long , narrow lawn draws the mixed borders on either side together and integrates them .
16 Even Archibald earl of Argyll , nearing the end of a long life noted mainly for a remarkable inability to make decisions , now found ‘ boldness ’ in him ; he ‘ reformed many things ’ , we are told , and , despite the strictures of archbishop Hamilton , he maintained the Protestant preacher John Douglas in his household .
17 Several admirable but narrow-banded supporters ' organisations rail and rattle at the iniquity of it all and occasionally they are even permitted to have a say at the distant end of a long table .
18 These buildings were invariably well heated and conducive to ‘ nodding off at the end of a long day .
19 At the end of a long , draggy , boring Friday afternoon , it 's at last time to clear up .
20 For Captain Pugwash it was , he hoped , the end of a long and infamous career .
21 One story is told of drovers who , at the end of a long drive , having sold their cattle , would go to the beerkeller to celebrate , but before they did , they would tie the money from the sale around the dog 's neck , secure in the knowledge that no matter how drunk they became , their money would be safe until the morning !
22 The end of a long day …
23 Eventually , at the end of a long hard day on Loch Stack , he was persuaded to hang up his oars by two old friends .
24 For example , certain lochs are named after guests , and the most recent naming was Yeoman 's Loch ; a tiny , Y-shaped lochan at the end of a long , hard trek .
25 Often at the end of a long , hard hike ; and our greatest delight is finding new , unexplored waters to fish where , perhaps , the trout haven , t seen an artificial fly for years .
26 The Bishop lived in a fine red-brick house at the end of a long drive bordered with lime trees .
27 These then developed into the trebuchet , which had a sling at one end of a long wooden arm .
28 ‘ The interview came at the end of a long day .
29 A hemp rope was attached to one end of a long pole , usually of larch , and wound round the wood to be turned .
30 One mark of the climber is the ability to change to a higher gear and accelerate towards the end of a long ascent .
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