Example sentences of "[adv] on a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | well either two or four times er turned down on a long handle for pouring things er out of the , I mean like , when I used |
| 2 | He did n't think of her as often now , except perhaps on a long weekend when he was off-duty ; the rest of the time he had things to occupy his mind . |
| 3 | Only on a long , fast bend can the tail be persuaded to step out , and then only under strong provocation and with little drama , as the drivetrain begins to feed the power rearwards . |
| 4 | And I think that was the situation for a lot of people , that erm if they did n't take the the flat that was offered to them , then they would be virtually erm either still on a long waiting list or homeless . |
| 5 | He was a scholar and for many years studied to learn the ways of dragons ; he was proud but not stupid , and he learned all that the books could teach him , and then he set off on a long journey and captured two baby dragons and brought them home as pets . |
| 6 | He set off on a long rambling account of something that had happened in the bar that afternoon . |
| 7 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
| 8 | She and Sebastian were off on a long honeymoon , to spend two months in Tuscany in an old farmhouse belonging to friends of Deborah and Stephen : it was temporarily in need of a caretaker . |
| 9 | But he stood there watching until the little car had disappeared , as though Ellen were setting off on a long and dangerous journey from which she might never return . |
| 10 | The boatman scampered across to the opposite gunwale , turned the boat , turned it again and set off on a long glide which took them close in along the bridge . |
| 11 | Here he stuck out his chest and strutted about like a professional walker setting out on a long distance race . |
| 12 | He launched out on a long story . |
| 13 | As she let her breath out on a long sigh Hilary moved reluctantly away . |
| 14 | Letting his breath out on a long sigh , he changed his mind . |
| 15 | Manager Geoff Cooke and his coaches had the look of men unashamedly glad South Africa are not here on a longer tour because the Boks are getting better by the minute . |
| 16 | I heard this with embarrassment , remembering how terribly bored and miserable I had been sitting there on a long hot afternoon , hardly understanding a word as chiefs and elders talked to our delegation in local dialect . |
| 17 | Next door , steady work is going ahead on a long term , very ambitious educational project to which he is now turning his energies . |
| 18 | Harvey got a piece of canvas out of the front of the car and then pike took his overcoat off and they wrapped the coat into the canvas and strapped it up very tight on a long strap , the other end of which they fixed to the belt of Ralph pike 's overalls . |
| 19 | It was certainly on a long lists of shortlists . |