Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Yes , the heads using the long reach spark plugs are better ported and valved than the earlier heads . |
| 3 | As the match entered its final stages Civil Service thrust forward again using the long ball into the circle . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | However , the z-score for the newly indexed definitions ( using the longer lexicon ) is almost double that of the earlier version . |
| 6 | ‘ Get on ! ’ said Teng , drawing the long club from his belt and jabbing the man viciously in the small of the back . |
| 7 | Finally , when she was fastening the long row of buttons on a classic dark blue creation , her mother came in , her lovely calm as untouched as ever , as though missing daughters suddenly returning were quite a normal thing . |
| 8 | Ca n't you see a reincarnated Grace lashing the Long Room with scorn and fury on hearing the vapid 68 words that purported to explain this summer 's vilest scandal . |
| 9 | The flaws are only minor cracks in the huge achievement of Brook and his collaborator Jean-Claude Carriere in bringing the longest poem in the world to television , to explore and exploit its illusions in gripping narrative and dazzling images.H.H . |
| 10 | The year before the Baptists had sent a telegram to Queen Victoria congratulating her on completing the longest reign in British history . |
| 11 | Still dressed in the chestnut-coloured cotton suit with its pleated skirt and casual blouse-type jacket over a short-sleeved white silk top in which she had travelled , she dragged a comb through her wavy dark hair , tucking the long side strands behind her ears , before renewing the soft bronze lipstick which emphasised the gentle curves of her soft-lipped mouth . |
| 12 | They hope that a jobs package will go some way to defusing criticism over a perceived lack of direction on tackling the long dole queues . |
| 13 | Like being a child again , she thought , not understanding the long words , the adult jokes . |
| 14 | when his eccentricity slid into madness , he used to terrify his servants by walking the Long Gallery , dressed in a sheet , dragging a length of chain and wailing piteously . |
| 15 | There are several references to the importance commentators attached to the relationship between the stability of the family and that of the state , which is certainly crucial to explaining the long reluctance to reform the divorce law . |
| 16 | If you 're thinking of tackling a long distance footpath staying at youth hostels and guest houses , then this size sack is ideal as your load is mainly bulky spare clothing rather than weighty hardware . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm used to walking a long way carrying the baby . ’ |
| 18 | Most of the , what has happened I think , over the last two and half years , that I 'm aware of , erm , is basically happening a long time before that , I , I ca n't say yes or no . |
| 19 | The writing was on the wall , however , and the fateful day eventually arrived in 1906 , when the last of the Eastington mills finally closed , putting large numbers out of work and ending a long history of cloth making in the parish . |
| 20 | Against this background merchants , or factors , trading a long way from their home base realized that the safest form of organization was to set up a factory or small enclave for merchants of the type that the Hanseatic League had maintained in London up to 1598 . |
| 21 | ‘ I love watching lights twinkling a long way away . |
| 22 | CAMBRIDGE University 's Boat Race trials were derailed yesterday when one of the three crews hit a floating sleeper on the Thames at Putney , tearing a long gash in the hull . |
| 23 | Before the plastic can break , many of the crystals have to unfold , rather like concertinas , and , in doing so , a great deal of energy is expended in unravelling the long molecules ( Plate 13 ) . |
| 24 | A standing wave pattern has spontaneously arisen , causing the longer boundaries of the rectangle to oscillate . |
| 25 | STIMULATED TO STUDY There 's no escaping the long hours spent alone with your notes — but there are variations that could even prove enjoyable |
| 26 | ‘ How about you , Mark … . ’ began the top man , his eyes searching the long table for the Englishman . |
| 27 | However this summer a temporary programme coordinator has visited the region and a short term programme of material support to children 's homes has been provided and we are now working to put other facilities in s to institutions in Serbia and are hoping that through the restructuring of children 's services , when the conflict is over and we believe obviously that may be some off , that we can tri can contribute to meeting the longer term needs of children in that war torn zone . |
| 28 | ‘ You horrid little toad , ’ his sister yelled after him in exasperation , foreseeing a long night of sewing ahead of her . |
| 29 | The problem is that you are dealing with foreigners who insist on having different money , customs , languages , politics , legislation and living a long way away . |
| 30 | A mother with three young children , with no car and living a long way from a general practitioner 's surgery is almost certain not to consult the doctor as often as she should . |