Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a long [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | He usually bedded down on newspapers and covered himself with an old blanket which he sometimes left in the porch , ready for the next night , and sometimes took away , rolled into a long wad and tied around his stomach with string . |
| 2 | Their horses were fresher , and gradually closed on Sharpe who , to spare the mare 's strength , tried to avoid the worst hills , but he eventually found himself trapped in a long valley and was forced to put the mare at a steep grass slope which led to a bare skyline . |
| 3 | There is the standard , spacious , minimally-furnished living room , tastefully carpeted in subdued oatmeal and dominated by a long sofa and oversized TV . |
| 4 | The clothes had not been disturbed for a long time and were as thick and tangled as jungle foliage . |
| 5 | In 1805 Jesty gave his evidence in London at the institute 's invitation , when he was presented with a long testimonial and pair of gold-mounted lancets . |
| 6 | This is the highest quality educational package I have seen in a long time and is well worth registering . |
| 7 | Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible . |
| 9 | The toxic nature of some animals has been known for a long time and man has utilised their venoms and poisons for various purposes . |
| 10 | The run-down was to be stretched over a longer period and the agreed strength raised from Sandys ’ proposed 45,000 to 55,000 . |
| 11 | I had decided that I had to face up to the fact that John might not come back or he might be gone for a long time and that when he did come back we might not love one another . |
| 12 | Wheat was cut with a toothed sickle and bound by hand , barley and oats were cut with a long scythe and cradle and bound by hand . |
| 13 | Each parcel of butter is tasted with a long scoop and then re-weighed before a buyer will accept it . |
| 14 | Well I think that it 's gone on a long time and it 's not |
| 15 | If it 's a professional job they will have been observed over a long period and their habits and financial status will be known . ’ |
| 16 | for example , the maintenance of blood pressure when changing from a lying to a standing position is achieved less rapidly as we age ; as a result the blood supply to the brain is decreased for a longer time and there is a greater tendency to feel dizzy . |
| 17 | It was not easy , even for a German captain , to intervene at this stage , but once he had been subjected to a long discussion and much persuasion , he contacted the SS in Tabiano and managed to have us set free . |
| 18 | The judgements that have to be made are complex , not least because local government has existed for a long time and the opportunities for building up capital or depleting it have been great . |
| 19 | These can be kept for a long time and are likely to breed . |
| 20 | I have lived through a long nightmare and am shattered by what was done to me . |
| 21 | Music played softly in the background as they stood on either side of the hearth , smiling uncertainly at one another like former lovers reunited after a long absence and wondering whether they still had anything in common . |
| 22 | It is a stone building , constructed over a long period and one of the richest Czech Gothic ecclesiastical structures . |
| 23 | There 's really no chance of getting bitten if your ferrets have been properly handled over a long period and are never scared . |
| 24 | This explains how the disease can be misdiagnosed over a long period and stresses the need for biopsy specimens whatever the type of gastric lesion . |
| 25 | Their eyes held for a long time and then he rested back on his elbows and looked at the treetops , his face suddenly serious . |
| 26 | This is seldom needed for analysis purposes but random access mode is often used where the records are held over a long period and have to be updated with the passage of time . |
| 27 | He handed me an eyepiece attached to a long lead and there , through a series of prisms , were my lower intestines in glorious technicolour . |