Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two days of warm spring weather opened the flowers of forsythia bushes in the neglected garden behind Merrill 's flat , and she hummed as she cut long stems of the starry yellow blossom . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They made their own amusements , and she learnt to knit and they had long winter nights round the fire o and they used to go She used to call it , we used to go after day set , that she called evening . |
| 4 | In the population census for 1991 nearly one in seven of Bassetlaw 's residents said that they had long term illnesses , health problems , or handicaps that limited their daily activities or work . |
| 5 | A Braemar vet , Ian Watt , said that he had long experience of co-operating with farmers and commented : ‘ Many years ago , I was involved with the MacRobert Trust on a consultancy basis . |
| 6 | He said if you fire long bursts , you risk jamming your gun , so you should get in close and fire short bursts . |