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

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1 We get caught out with long balls to where our defender has just come from .
2 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 ) .
3 The only way in which this could happen is by chance in a small population : outsiders do come in at long odds .
4 avoid sitting down for long periods
5 Avoid sitting down for long periods without a break .
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