Example sentences of "[prep] [art] long [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where possible the ore , as has been mentioned , was hand dressed in preparation for the long journey to Keswick . |
| 2 | There are references to such ‘ gonnes ’ in accounts of the siege of Berwick as early as 1333 , while it is likely that some form of artillery was brought across the sea by the English for the long siege of Calais of 1346–7 . |
| 3 | — FIT-AGAIN striker Andrew Fletcher is set to be recalled to Scarborough 's side for the long trip to Maidstone on Saturday . |
| 4 | However , as terraces are usually degraded and as it is usually extremely difficult to determine their precise limits , a degree of accuracy lower than that required for the long profiles of streams is permissible . |
| 5 | THE FOLLOWING day is Saturday , and the Inspirals rise at some unearthly hour for the long drive to San Francisco . |
| 6 | Which of you is responsible for the long periods of separation , or are they merely dictated by your careers ? ’ |
| 7 | He watched their departure through a spreading mist , and when the last car had gone and the avenue was silent except for the long sigh of grass , he allowed himself to be taken back to his room . |
| 8 | Most went by road to distribution ports on the local rivers , including the Ouse and Rother , for the long voyage to London or other selling points . |
| 9 | Day Four : A leisurely departure at 10.00am for the long voyage to Trier where you should be safely moored by 3.30pm . |
| 10 | Carefully he tried again but Cameron took his arm and told him not to hurry unduly , the joists had only been pinned in place and they were still waiting for the long nails from Grandtully . |
| 11 | So in December 1177 in exchange for 15,000 livres angevines ( roughly £4000 ) and forty pack animals — clearly intended to be used for the long pilgrimage to Jerusalem — Henry acquired the whole county of La Marche . |
| 12 | But her own body told her a different story which , lying here for the long days of rest which had been prescribed for her , she had heard clearly enough through the bird-twitter of Linnet and her mother , and Tristan 's determined joviality . |
| 13 | Local children were very keen to get work for the long season at Blackpool . |
| 14 | The unit split up into three convoys for the long march to Kufra . |
| 15 | Hooker nearly notched another record , too — for the longest gap between hits . |
| 16 | Begin the list with the projects that have been waiting to be finished for the longest period of time . |
| 17 | It was the kingdom of the Franks which was to exercise most influence for the longest period of time . |
| 18 | They tell us what our world was like during the long periods of time before recorded history , and the collection and investigation of fossils is therefore of importance to anyone interested in our prehistory . |
| 19 | During the long periods between revaluations , distortions in the relative valuations of different properties occurred and , of course , new property had to be valued at the notional figure that would have obtained at the date of the previous revaluation . |
| 20 | At times , such as during the long wars with France from 1793 to 1815 , they seem to have done so especially to fill the labour gap created by absent men . |
| 21 | There were times during the long hours of dark when he did drop into an uneasy doze , but never for more than a few minutes together . |
| 22 | Music , for both of us , is a part of life we treasure , and Michael has found his records and tapes a constant source of happiness during the long hours of inactivity forced upon him . |
| 23 | And in Gascoigne 's absence he played the fool to lighten the mood during the long hours of inactivity that footballers must put up with . |
| 24 | During the long ministry of Lord North ( 1770–82 ) he seemed for a time to have achieved this objective . |
| 25 | Not for the last time during the long process of negotiation with the GPRA , de Gaulle himself seemed depressed by the impasse . |
| 26 | Once over the peak , during the long decline towards Fort Augustus , the troops would also have been highly vulnerable to bombardment , before reaching an even more dangerous point , a ravine crossed by a bridge . |
| 27 | Now Botswana could not cut itself off from South Africa during the long years of apartheid but Botswana did make clear that it opposed apartheid and voiced this very strongly and much to the annoyance often of the South African government . |
| 28 | The ties have always been close and have become stronger during the long years of friendship and co-operation . |
| 29 | During the long years of war , their numbers slowly dwindled till only the most savage , cunning and ruthless survived to carry the war to Chaos . |
| 30 | He was born Lothar dei Conti of Segni in 1160 or 1161 during the long reign of Pope Alexander III . |