Example sentences of "[prep] the long [noun] and " in BNC.
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1 | If it had n't been for the long hair and the high heels , we 'd have thought we had a squaddie on our hands . |
2 | Their existence is thus the reason for the long memory and slow approach to self-preservation mentioned in Section 21.1 . |
3 | The hon. Gentleman knows that I believe that the Iraqi people will be safeguarded for the long term and enable the international community to give long-term development aid to that country only when Saddam Hussein is no longer at the helm in Baghdad . |
4 | I saw her watching the girl for the longest time and finally she said , " Are those Indian beads ? " |
5 | High quality agricultural land is described as a ‘ a national resource for the longer term and should be in general protected from irreversible development ’ . |
6 | The crews were given caffeine tablets to keep them awake during the long flights and sometimes we managed to get hold of a few . |
7 | Scottie loved travelling and behaved splendidly during the long drives and sailing periods . |
8 | One or two of the local gentry would be entering the wrestling ; several were in the horse races , although events such as the long leap and the high leap attracted less fashionable clients . |
9 | About 50mm depth should be left between the long walls and garage floor , for the covering planks to rest on when the pit is not in use . |
10 | Twenty metres or so from the grass-packed hill which looks over the Rabbit Grounds I switched to Silent Running , pacing stealthily through the long weeds and reeds , careful not to let anything I was carrying make a noise . |
11 | Noah 's faith was persistent ; through the taunts of unbelievers as he worked ; through the rainstorm ; through the tragedy of knowing that men and women were dying in the flood ; through the long days and nights waiting for the next stage , as the waters went down . |
12 | The guilt she felt in depriving him of any pleasure was like a stitch in her side , yet the thought of the long day and the long drive were beyond acceptance . |
13 | A member of the Bouchier family served under Henry VIII at the Field of the Cloth of Gold , and later in the reign of Charles I , Sir John Bouchier was a member of the Long Parliament and one of those responsible for the King 's death . |
14 | His private papers , which include a diary of the first year of the Long Parliament and copies of his speeches , are contained among the Tanner manuscripts . |
15 | He had half-expected that the response would be a thrust of the long spurs and a head-down gallop for the open , and those ahead had orders to bring down the horse if Isambard tried it ; but instead he stirred gently in the saddle and brought his mount edging forward in obedience to the order , dancing restively past the quivering arrow , and almost abreast of Owen 's hiding-place . |
16 | Britta shook her hair free of the long fingers and their slow stroking . |
17 | The mid 70s soccer hooligan of fact and fable would most likely have some approximation of the long back and sides , short top & fringe . |
18 | In spite of the long hours and sense of being almost constantly on call it was n't all work at Howard . |
19 | Like the long spade , the graft has a rounded blade but this is longer than that of the long spade and the taper is sharper . |
20 | ENGLISH law governing remedies for interference with goods is exceedingly technical , partly because of the long survival and overlap of a number of different heads of liability and partly because the law , though tortious in form , is largely proprietary in function . |
21 | What of the long menus and , the everlasting sameness of the food ? |
22 | At this moment a lion bursts out of the long grass and bush and leaps on a warrior . |
23 | We may contrast these with the broadening , expansive effect of the long vowels and monosyllables in " enormous dome of the sky " ( 3 ) . |
24 | The heads of insects are broadly divisible into three types ( Fig. 6 ) depending on the inclination of the long axis and the position of the mouthparts . |
25 | I leaned forward , put my thumb under my lip and jerked it up to give him a close-up view of the long gash and the trailing blood-stained ends of the stitches . |
26 | Because of the long gestation and lactation periods , the interval between calving is usually at least two or three years . |
27 | Bergson turned from the bank of screens that took up one whole wall of the long room and got up from his chair . |
28 | A spokesman said : The traffic on the M4 is just as busy early in the summer as it is in August , and we wanted to get on with the work before the autumn to take advantage of the longer days and better weather . |
29 | With such examples in mind , it is small wonder that developing countries feel equally free to use countertrade when short-term necessity over-rides any sense of the longer term and less certain consequences . |
30 | It is one of the longest galleries and is approached by both ramp and steps . |