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Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] long " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Why I wanted it and how that ties in with who I can love , get it together with , I mean long term . ’
2	I deny I get long holidays , that 's what I mean .
3	Then I inhale long and slowly , because it 's for me to make the move .
4	and I 've long feet you see and if I put have me feet straight up like that it er it 's pressure on it
5	I have long dark hair which I have to wear tied back for college .
6	I have long dream 'd of such a kind of man ,
7	I have long memories of Lairg .
8	Very often I spend long days on my allotment , and cook quite nice dinners of , say , breast of mutton and peas and fruit off the allotment for myself and a [ woman ] friend who has been ill for a long time … .
9	Please be patient , I work long and hard making sure these boys get there in the end .
10	And Gavin turned on him once more : What d' you mean ye deny ye get long holidays ?
11	Ye do n't think ye get long holidays because when you 're off from the school you 're still doing other things connected with it , making up timetables and all that .
12	And you put long or short tour and then the numbers
13	There is plenty to do and see in the area and if you like long walks , Britain 's longest footpath , the South West Way , is on your doorstep — in total it is 560 miles long .
14	Erm , we rent land from the Duchy of Cornwall , perhaps , er well you know long leasehold , we bought it this way , and we pay low rent .
15	No they 're a bit you know long for her but they 're the same size as she was wearing Jean and the other ones were too narrow for her feet .
16	So you get long beep , short beep , long beep , short beep , that 's the successful switching tone , you 'll know it 's worked , and you go trotting back to your office , you get 75 seconds again , it 's like the hold , before it starts to ring , or you can access it by keying in what ?
17	He said if you fire long bursts , you risk jamming your gun , so you should get in close and fire short bursts .
18	Thereafter , prune when you see long growths taking the goodness out of the tree ; in late summer cut back all whippy shoots to 4in , then in February or March cut back again to two buds .
19	When you spend long periods studying the board the latter point becomes quite important .
20	We will consider you to be wasting ES time if you spend long or frequent periods of time talking about personal matters which have no relevance to you work for the ES .
21	Nicholas Roe concluded our conversation rather surprisingly by saying : ‘ Billingsgate is a really tough environment , you work long hours and grow old quickly .
22	When you work long hours with people , bonds are inevitably formed .
23	The kindest way is to let it dry naturally , but if you have long hair , this is n't particularly practical in winter , so if you do use a dryer regularly , use a diffuser for a more gentle drying action .
24	Not only can this play hell with the smooth operation of a network , it can be a nightmare to troubleshoot , especially where you have long cable runs between machines .
25	‘ We use long exposures and high temperatures to create print reticulation . ’
26	As a bank , we have long experience of businesses and their needs , which is essential when it comes to providing pensions for directors and people who are self-employed and insurance cover .
27	We have long talks together , Buffy and I. Sometimes in his ravings he talks of an all-knowing , super-intelligent pig .
28	We work long hours and
29	We talk to hoteliers and developers on a day to day basis , we work with them as they make long term plans .
30	They make long and elegant speeches before Pandarus leads them to a chamber where they can be alone for a night ; but their words seem superficial : it is as if Rosaline had agreed to love Romeo , and he only ever experienced the satisfaction of his sexual appetite .