Example sentences of "[verb] a long [noun sg] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have to go a long way south before we get to Alaska , ’ he said . |
| 2 | He was only spared a long jail term when 24-year-old Lynn agreed to drop assault charges providing he went into therapy . |
| 3 | And we take a long range view if you 're heading on the motorways this afternoon . |
| 4 | Left unprocessed , they have a long storage life if kept dry . |
| 5 | Paper , and parchment before it , have a long shelf life although acid paper used in abundance after the 1830s did contain the seeds of its own destruction . |