Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] long " in BNC.

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1 Food , of course , remains a topic of passionate concern — the focus of minor complaints and disagreements which rumble on for long periods — and outbursts of contentment which are extremely short-lived .
2 Kitchen floors need to be tough enough to withstand all sorts of spills , grease and damp , comfortable enough to stand on for long periods , and handsome to look at .
3 We get caught out with long balls to where our defender has just come from .
4 I dropped in on long sessions of talk , putting the world to rights — after all that was supposed to be one of the main aspects of college education was n't it ?
5 Indeed , talk to any manager and he or she already has common-sense theories of motivation , often built up over long periods of observing people at work .
6 This itself is built up from long chains of sugar and phosphate molecules to which are attached nitrogen-containing molecules called the nucleotide bases .
7 Another material used for guttering is aluminium , which is sometimes joined with silicone or butyl-based sealants and sometimes put up in long lengths by the supplier .
8 In the good , old-fashioned days text was sent off to be typeset and came back in long strips called galleys .
9 Vincent Hickey , 38 , was moved out of Long Lartin top security jail last weekend after he was found bleeding from razor slash injuries , but is now refusing food at Birmingham 's Winson Green jail .
10 ‘ No doubt you speak out of long experience , ’ said the abbot .
11 and came out of Long Beach we 'll miss it
12 Came out of Long Beach Road we 'll miss it .
13 Neither did the men gliding by in long jellabas and pointed hoods .
14 Claudia woke up slowly , opening her eyes and closing them immediately against the light that poured in through long narrow windows .
15 Pacific Bell says that where applications cross its service area boundaries , transmissions will be handed off to long distance carriers of the customers ' choice .
16 He dealt with it either by going off on long trips or by challenging it and then an argument might erupt , ’ Jane explained .
17 As far as chartered accountant trainees are concerned , Mr Jones argues , ‘ you have all the aggravation of training them on high salaries and the disruption to a small office with their going off for long periods of study leave , and at the end you do n't keep them .
18 Later , as the sac-like evagination develops , the bases of the epithelial cells become drawn out into long processes , so imparting a spongy texture to the tissues of the wing-pad , and the basement membranes of the lower and upper epithelia become apposed for most of their area so as to form the so-called middle membrane ( Fig. 30 ) .
19 Approach road junctions with great care , consider your road position and your speed , drive on only when you are sure it is safe to do so and that you will not block the junction , watch out for long vehicles which maybe turning left or right , at the junction ahead , but which may have to use to make a turn , when waiting to emerge at a junction , do not assume that a vehicle approaching from the right which is signalling with it 's left hand direction indicator would turn left , wait to make sure do you know what I mean ?
20 People were going round with long faces looking glum right until Christmas Eve .
21 Mr Bumble walked on with long steps , with Oliver on his short little legs running beside him .
22 We walked on above Long Bank Wood and Spring Bank where wild deer are said to roam and where Bill was made a fool of by several rabbits .
23 By now in his eighties , Yusuf would never again return to Spain — he too had been worn down by long years of struggle to remove the thorn of El Cid from his side .
24 ABOVE Experiments can be done to find out how ditches silt up over long periods of time , how earthworks erode , and how finds move .
25 In terms of legitimacy with the general public such a strategy could also be effective , since the public can be reassured that the really ‘ serious , offenders about whom they are most concerned will be kept locked up for long periods .
26 The afternoons he spent out on long walks or in South London attending classes on meditation .
27 It exploits the fact that certain kinds of molecule are capable of ‘ polymerizing ’ , that is joining up in long chains of indefinite length .
28 The English girls , as I recall , were still faithfully standing by the camera we had set up for long shots , having been asked to press the button at appropriate moments when we were not in frame .
29 When portions of present-day Indian pueblos occupied since that time are uncovered , their walls prove to be laid up of long pours of puddled mud .
30 The coffee cups were all laid out on long white-napped tables , and waiters hovered over the silver urn , dispensing coffee to a few early arrivals .
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