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

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1 E he just pushed it off with a long thing like that and and on they went and did it .
2 When the solar wind encounters the magnetic field of a planet it has the effect of compressing the planetary field on the ‘ upwind ’ side , and of trailing it out into a long magnetotail on the ‘ downwind ’ side .
3 If you try that with erm a piece of wood , you try to pull it out into a long thin wire it would just break .
4 Now that 's different you 'll not get em to cancel it but to get them to spin it out over a longer period is a possibility and that 's what we 're gon na be working towards .
5 Perhaps she was : she seemed to let it out in a long , gusty sigh , and walked away from the children , down the track to a place where a flat rock jutted out from the side of the bank .
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