Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moulding planes are excellent to work with , but the job of producing long lengths of moulding can be very time-consuming . |
| 2 | They do not even have to be rocks deposited under fresh water conditions , because wood and seeds are perfectly capable of drifting long distances before becoming waterlogged enough to sink to the bottom of the sea . |
| 3 | Marshall ( 1987 ) follows Mandel ( 1975 ) in relating long waves to major shifts in the wider economy , and especially to movements in the rate of profit , but goes beyond Mandel in trying to make the theory less deterministic . |
| 4 | He seems to have been an influence on Innocent and we are almost surely not far from the mark in imagining long discussions between the three on theology and politics . |
| 5 | In order to counteract the difficulties inherent in having long gaps between training days , future plans are hinging on setting up a weekly evening course at a venue further out of London ( yet to be found , but if possible easily accessible from the M25 ) . |
| 6 | Far from spending long hours on the tiles hunting , scavenging and generally having a high old time with their pals , as tradition and practice dictate , they should be indoors tucked up . |
| 7 | The Carter boy , Jonathan , known for some reason as Floss , took to spending long hours by the pool in a barely concealed state of voyeuristic arousal . |
| 8 | I think that only by maximising long periods of REM , or dream sleep , will we be able to summon up this demon of yours . |
| 9 | " Once , in the closing years of the last century , a poor woman earned her daily bread by working long hours at her treadle sewing machine . |
| 10 | She had called it ‘ Death in the Buildings ’ , and had based it not only on the tragedy she had witnessed , but had also written of the temptation for young girls to make money by selling themselves than by working long hours for poor pay , and had followed that by writing of women 's disabilities in a world where care in childbirth was minimal , and how only the kindness of humane doctors made it possible for them to have any skilled treatment at all . |