Example sentences of "take [art] long [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Eradicator may well be the solution ; tests conducted by Ray have certainly proved encouraging , and it would take a long string of coincidences to attain the results he has achieved by any other means . |
| 2 | Charles behaved rather like a landlord who could take a long view of the future and expect his possessions to provide him with an income in the fullness of time . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not surprised , ’ Ven replied , and taking a long pull of breath , ‘ I do n't seem to be doing this very well , ’ he stated , ‘ but at least we 're talking — which makes it less difficult than I thought it was going to be . ’ |
| 4 | Taking a long piece of string , she dragged it to and fro through the mud , heaping it up and turning that into men . |
| 5 | Bob took a long draught of whisky , spilling some of it down his chin . |
| 6 | Bodo took a long mouthful of beer . |
| 7 | Unused to spicy food , she took a long mouthful of the gin and tonic , which she could now no longer even taste , then very deliberately she finished the chicken wing and ate another one . |
| 8 | She took a long drink of her tea and then continued , ‘ Anyway , she 'll go before long , never fear . ’ |
| 9 | He uncorked his canteen and took a long drink of water . |
| 10 | Geoffrey took a long drink of his whisky . |
| 11 | Yanto took a long swig of cider , then closed his eyes and leaned back against the tree trunk with a sign of contentment . |
| 12 | Connor took a long swig of beer and wiped his mouth before replying . |
| 13 | The dock company in due course took a long lease of the area in question from the Secretary of State for Defence , although the ports authority insisted that the necessary planning consent be obtained before the lease was signed . |
| 14 | Horace took a long view of excellence ; a very rough idea of his aesthetic commitment to the tradition of Greek letters , and some understanding of the initially cool ( or possibly baffled ) public reception of his Greek-inspired Odes , might be gained if we were to try to imagine one of our own Augustans studiously engaged , while everyone else relied on the staple measure of the heroic couplet , in the production of poems imitating the intricate court metres of the Nordic skald , such as the Drottkvaett , or the Dunhenda . |
| 15 | Cool head with Italian passion on his hands Patrick Agnew in Cagliari watches Italy 's manager Azeglio Vicini take a long view of today 's match against Argentina . |
| 16 | Cool head with Italian passion on his hands Patrick Agnew in Cagliari watches Italy 's manager Azeglio Vicini take a long view of today 's match against Argentina . |
| 17 | He paused to take a long draught of his own coffee . |
| 18 | Persuading a child to take a long course of medicine is usually a struggle , as children often dislike the taste . |