Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv] by [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | arguments , all of which can be developed only by a long mental soak in the subject . |
| 2 | On the latter subject , the author points to the inconsistent decisions on whether the effect of unambiguous operative provisions can be cut down by the long title and he seems to incline to the view that they can be so affected ; this , perhaps , does not give sufficient weight to what was said about the effect of the preamble in Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover . |
| 3 | But the couple 's solicitor Con Fernandez said the pair were just skittles waiting to be bowled over by the long arm of the law . |
| 4 | But the couple 's solicitor Con Fernandez said the pair were just skittles waiting to be bowled over by the long arm of the law . |
| 5 | This sum is handed over by the long to the short in final settlement . |
| 6 | They had been imprisoned there by a long dead ruler , Llud . |
| 7 | The flare had drifted slowly down behind the church on the village green and was followed quickly by a long burst of automatic fire . |