Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] in the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Providing an answer only for the surface doubt answers neither doubt in the long run . |
| 2 | In cricket they used to put her at ‘ long leg ’ where the ball hardly ever penetrated , and she would take a book and lie down to read in the long grass . |
| 3 | Sir David Alliance , Coats chairman , said the sales were part of Coats ' continuing policy of disposing of peripheral activities that do not fit in the long term strategy of the group . |
| 4 | Thus we have Macdonald reporting on the " almost unanimous chorus of opinion that women 's work as compositors is so inferior to men 's that it does not pay in the long run " ( the chorus in question being from employers ) But the testimony of individual employers is far from unanimous or even consistent . |
| 5 | Yeah , mind you his , his short er term policies so it does n't matter in the long run . |
| 6 | It does n't pay in the long run . |
| 7 | He ca n't see that does n't help in the long run if , |