Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] on a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | well either two or four times er turned down on a long handle for pouring things er out of the , I mean like , when I used |
| 2 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
| 3 | But he stood there watching until the little car had disappeared , as though Ellen were setting off on a long and dangerous journey from which she might never return . |
| 4 | He launched out on a long story . |
| 5 | As she let her breath out on a long sigh Hilary moved reluctantly away . |
| 6 | Here he stuck out his chest and strutted about like a professional walker setting out on a long distance race . |
| 7 | He was a scholar and for many years studied to learn the ways of dragons ; he was proud but not stupid , and he learned all that the books could teach him , and then he set off on a long journey and captured two baby dragons and brought them home as pets . |
| 8 | He set off on a long rambling account of something that had happened in the bar that afternoon . |
| 9 | The boatman scampered across to the opposite gunwale , turned the boat , turned it again and set off on a long glide which took them close in along the bridge . |