Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] in [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | King 's Highway ( 17 ) : Edom 's refusal to let Israel pass along this main road involves them in a long detour south and round . |
| 2 | A report has recommended that logging in the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest region of the USA be cut by more than half as a means of sustaining them in the long term and protecting their wildlife [ see EDs passim ] . |
| 3 | ‘ I have n't seen you in a long time . ’ |
| 4 | I have n't seen you in a long time . |
| 5 | Physically , she was looking better than Harriet had seen her in a long while . |
| 6 | Everybody 's got ta do it in the long run . |
| 7 | A second interpretation of the developments of the 1980s would set them in a longer context , dating back to the late 1960s . |
| 8 | ‘ If they continually try to buck the system , the system will destroy them in the long run . |
| 9 | I mean I 've filled in a few forms for them but I mean probably you 're a passive owner like me in the sense that I do n't go and actively trade them , er I keep them in a long term investment , and that 's it . |
| 10 | And people have heard it which I think helps us in the long run . |
| 11 | Although I 'm not totally certain it will save us in the longer term . |
| 12 | And I suppose we might have lost her in the long run , but not just yet . ’ |
| 13 | But you 'd regret it in the long run , I think , would n't you ? |
| 14 | I know we 're all very upset by what 's happened here , but damaging your career now wo n't help you in the long run . ’ |
| 15 | Although not profitable in the first year of acquisition , BMK with its complementary customer base and very different range of production equipment , will greatly strengthen us in the longer term . |