Example sentences of "[verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The column width has been increased to accommodate the longest label . |
| 2 | The increase in maximum width of these buildings from 30m ( 99ft ) in 1868 to 48m ( 158ft ) in 1905 was necessary in order to accommodate the longer mules which were enlarged to their technical optimum , consistent with rigidity , of 1,392 ( 116 dozen ) spindles . |
| 3 | They begin well enough , rolling on to their backs , gaping the mouth awkwardly wide and allowing the long tongue to loll lifelessly from their sagging jaws . |
| 4 | Deng Yingchao 's authority arose not only from her marriage to Zhou in 1925 , but also from her status as one of only around 50 women to have completed the Long March of 1934-35 . |
| 5 | The journey today parallels the Long Island Sound and continues on through Hartford . |
| 6 | And the police up on the railway embankment when they walked home from school , and the tunnel fenced off so they had to go the long way round . |
| 7 | He had to go the long way around , but it gave him plenty of time to watch for any indication that there might be anybody at home . |
| 8 | Why did he always want to go the long way round . |
| 9 | If they are doing purely local journeys , then that may be too much and they may prefer to use the Oxford ringroad , but if they are doing long-distance journeys ten miles is not a very significant addition to their journey in length and the congestion on the Oxford ringroad is such that it may actually be shorter in time terms to go the longer way round in distance . |
| 10 | The important question is whether it fulfils the longer term expectations which the Spanish authorities have invested in it . |
| 11 | She straightened the long limbs and pressed the strands of black cotton she had used for hair more firmly into the scalp . |
| 12 | One particular family in Cotherstone must be able to claim the longest aggregate of service to the Fields , amounting to some hundreds of years . |
| 13 | Repeat the long firm strokes as in Step 1 , two or three times . |
| 14 | In the following year the Poles of 300 and 301 Squadrons bombed Berlin , as did the Russians , but it was not until 1942 that the first of the four-engined ‘ heavies ’ made the long flight to this target . |
| 15 | I made the long trip with my boys but the unit told me I should not be there . |
| 16 | THE first Mormon migrants made the long trek west to what would become Utah in the 1840s to escape religious and political persecution . |
| 17 | But there was no semblance of a fluke about the result — it was the fastest Gold Cup ever run — and as Norton 's Coin made the long walk past the stands to the winner 's enclosure he started to receive the reception he deserved . |
| 18 | The pacemaker maintained a good gallop as the runners swept away from the stands down towards Swinley Bottom and still had the lead as they made the long right-hand turn with just under a mile to go . |
| 19 | Taunton Vale , the Sun Life West League champions , made the long journey north to meet Brooklands with high hopes of regaining the National League place they lost last season . |
| 20 | Just to hear the sound of his own deep voice booming out across the water made the long , lonely day seem worthwhile . |
| 21 | He had expended himself so much for the people Eva made the long journey to his funeral as a mark of respect . |
| 22 | JOE McCall ( Stephens ) made the long journey from Dublin for the opening round of the UCF 's ATB Mountainbike League , sponsored by the Cycle Shop Lisburn , at Tardree Forest Park . |
| 23 | Oxford United 's fans , more than fifteen hundred of them made the long journey to Tranmere on Saturday to support their team . |
| 24 | A team of 123 competitors and 22 officials made the long trip after much media criticism of the small size of the original allocation of places , particularly for athletics . |
| 25 | The pair made the longest unsupported polar journey and the first unsupported crossing of the Antarctic land mass . |
| 26 | Yes , the heads using the long reach spark plugs are better ported and valved than the earlier heads . |
| 27 | Our archers caught the bastards just as they began to climb the scaling ladders , whilst men-at-arms , using the long forked poles lying on the parapet walk , shoved them out of the way . |
| 28 | As the match entered its final stages Civil Service thrust forward again using the long ball into the circle . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , the people in charge of Oxford Uni 's mail server have been playing around of late , and have changed from using the long form to the short form , and now , it seems , back again . |
| 30 | Solid fuel is the heating fuel we have been using the longest . |