Example sentences of "[prep] [art] long [noun] [conj] " 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 challenge is to continue to conserve Trust properties for the long term while rapid changes re taking place in the wider environment . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The crews were given caffeine tablets to keep them awake during the long flights and sometimes we managed to get hold of a few . |
| 6 | Scottie loved travelling and behaved splendidly during the long drives and sailing periods . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | he had hard all about the long sorties that were carried out by the Washingtons , so he was quite chuffed that his trip was for only three hours . |
| 10 | The US military is worried about the long delay while the new facilities are being built and also that the US is selling tritium to civilian users in the US , Britain , Japan and Canada . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She had n't expected to get much sleep , but exhaustion finally overcame her and she lapsed into a fitful , restless doze , tossing and turning through the long night as dreams haunted her mind . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | For all that , it had the feel of a city wakening up after a long sleep and beginning to shake off decades of despair . |
| 15 | I was only about five and a half when she too died after a long illness and one of my earliest recollections is riding in the well , at the foot of her bath-chair when she went out for constitutionals . |
| 16 | If you are taken to Harmondsworth after a long journey and several hours of interrogation by Immigration Officers , there is nowhere for you to lie down and rest . |
| 17 | Jenna did n't know if he meant that they had finally arrived after a long journey or if he was reliving his youth here , claiming his past again . |
| 18 | The air was permeated with Moorlake 's own particular smell , a blend of wood-smoke , of beeswax , of damp , of her aunt 's home-made potpourri in the big bowl on the table , of age , a characteristic scent of which Sara was always aware when she entered the house after a long absence but pane and , idly , Sara tried to open the window . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | They got back together after a long break so he must have liked her as she was . |
| 21 | One of the most important points was that , after a long process when every possible avenue had been carefully and scrupulously explored , when Mr. Mendes was returned to Sri Lanka he suffered no persecution whatsoever . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Through the whole of the long night that followed , Boldwood 's dark figure could be seen walking over the hills of Weatherbury like a ghost . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | At the end of the long beach that marks the silted mouth of the ancient Xanthos river is the modern village of Kalkan , a small green jewel set in dun cliffs , with a white minaret above its shiny new concrete harbour . |
| 27 | It is worth noting once again that calls have an unlimited profit potential similar to that of the long share while that of the puts is limited to E — P ; i.e. the maximum is reached when the share price S has reached zero . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Britta shook her hair free of the long fingers and their slow stroking . |
| 30 | The mid 70s soccer hooligan of fact and fable would most likely have some approximation of the long back and sides , short top & fringe . |