Example sentences of "there be the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were the long shadows of wine bottles and glasses across the table , some of the bottles already empty . |
| 2 | Far away , in the bright sun , there were the long white beaches of the island of Haiti . |
| 3 | You research and plan a trip , and then there 's the long hard job of searching an area , slowly and systematically . |
| 4 | And for supporters of more ambitious clubs , there is the long , slow death of Championship dreams , where hope is extinguished little by little , week by week , until one cold wet January afternoon , you 're 1–0 down at home to Southampton , and you write the rest of the year off and start looking forward to August again . |
| 5 | english linesmen/refs for some reason tend to blow offside on players not interfering with play — you see this most often when there is the long ball from defence/keeper towards the other penalty area with attackers running against the midfield clearly with no possibility of reaching the ball or trying to do so . |
| 6 | And thirdly there was the long problem of the changeover from the NCTA honours degree equivalent to a system in which there were honours and unclassified degrees . |