Example sentences of "[vb base] the long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up to 600 Bewick swans make the long journey from Russia between October and December and return to Siberia in February . |
| 2 | Sedgefield Racers make the long trip to Chiltern tonight looking to maintain an end of season run that has taken them to the fringes of the play-off chase . |
| 3 | However , I think it is Standing Order No. 62(b) which states that a Committee can amend a Bill and change the long title for that purpose . |
| 4 | Hospital managers say the long delays in overcrowded waiting rooms is a worrying problem … |
| 5 | Please forgive the long gap in these ‘ Notes ’ . |
| 6 | Only after several days does it fuse with the egg and so complete the long process of fertilisation . |
| 7 | Oxford United begin the long climb from the bottom . |
| 8 | Once you have seen which publishers might be interested in your novel , you begin the long process of sending it to one after another . |
| 9 | Under the supervision of ‘ Nobby ’ Clarke , many younger visitors and adults enjoy the long ride of half a mile alongside the standard gauge platforms . |
| 10 | Tuck the neck end over the filling , draw the long sides of the bird over the stuffing and sew up with fine string to encase completely . |
| 11 | I well remember the long watches of the night when I and my baby struggled to overcome a physical incapability on my part , and I can not begin to tell you the relief on both sides when I strode out of the house , bought the largest tin of baby food I could find , and gave her the first square meal she had had since birth . |
| 12 | I remember the long faces in the Tontine Coffee House at Glasgow Cross on the morning of 27 January 1783 when the news broke . |
| 13 | I lift the long curls from my head and brush some life back into my flattened hair . |
| 14 | Those who believe that klaxon horns or traffic lights ( as used elsewhere ) , would more securely given warnings overlook the long tradition of the British flagman , one of whom by law carried a red flag before the early railway locomotives and then the first motorcars . |
| 15 | He wears the officer 's Ulster-type greatcoat with black frogged fastenings ; note the long loop at the collar , also fitted to the optional cape , and the sword worn on slings passing through the coat by a side vent . |
| 16 | The committee , how ever , sensibly note the long list of exceptions to this rule and insist that pre-recorded videos should be added . |
| 17 | Purists still demand the long trudge with the Atco cylinder-mower , the old one with the heavy roller and the polished-brass gas tank . |
| 18 | Some monks sweep the long expanses of the stone plateaux ; some carry offerings of donated food ; so we undertake pagoda business , receiving visitors in drafty offices where money is handed over . |
| 19 | Following this we have the long period of isostatic emergence , rapid weathering of the new mountains with the formation of molasse-type deposits , widespread red bed sedimentation and also perhaps a period of glaciation , before peneplanation , widespread marine transgressions and the recommencement of the cycle in new troughs . |
| 20 | But if you 're expecting to import data from a PC , then first check the long list of unsupported 1-2-3 commands , each of which generates an error message on the Portfolio . |
| 21 | ‘ It has n't cracked the shell , ’ said another , ‘ probably because people see the long list of issues covered and think , ‘ oh yes , and if they find a load of things that they say need addressing how much is it going to cost ? ’ |
| 22 | Starting early , I traverse the long ridge of hills that separates me from Isafjördur , arriving late in the afternoon . |
| 23 | The bland and the placid may seem to sail through life but they are either living a superficial existence or else , like the rest of us , they experience the long shadow of despair . |