Sentence examples for long was to from inspiring English sources

Any shark caught on them more three metres long was to be shot.

Roosevelt, for his part, seems to have decided that the only way to deal with Long was to destroy him.

But to stare at the river for too long was to feel as if it were standing still and the field were moving.

"The last time I stood out so long was to wait for Kennedy in grade school," said John L. Lynady, 57, who endured five hours on his feet.

On Wednesday and Thursday mornings, the two worked for about 90 minutes in the batting cages at the Yankees' minor league complex here, and had a final session scheduled for Friday before Long was to fly home to Arizona.

Most commentators reckoned that the real reason for Mr Chrétien's desire to linger so long was to lessen the chance that he would be succeeded by Paul Martin, his former finance minister and long-time rival.

Internally, the mantra has long been to underpromise and overdeliver.

My advice has long been to take official campus tours.

The woman who lasted longest was to win the money.

The longest was to Utrecht, where he stayed from June to October 1636.

Stanford had long been "laid to rest".