Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] [art] long " in BNC.

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1 Begin the front kick from a fighting stance and throw a long reverse punch to the opponent 's face .
2 London had lost its infant summer and begun the long descent into winter .
3 All they told me was that if I were on the public payroll I 'd take a ride out to Westminster Drive and have a long talk with Mrs. Laura Channing .
4 North ( 1986 ) , for example , has suggested that widespread cash-cropping of groundnuts in the Sahelian zone has obliquely contributed to desertification because farmers can not afford either to purchase fertilisers to maintain soil-nutrient status or to use a long fallow period .
5 ‘ It took a long time for me to get my Gold Award because some of the tasks were very difficult , ’ says Fiona of the demanding project that included months of community service , braving the elements on an exploratory camping trip and writing a long and detailed historical thesis !
6 That 's about the only difference between writing a short answer question than writing a long answer question , is that the long answer is a , is a good idea to have a diagram .
7 It 's an excellent under-body insulator and has a long effective life .
8 The competition will tell you that their product is fresh , takes advantage of advances in program writing and has a long development life ahead of it .
9 She had wisps of grey hair poking out from under a black lace bonnet and wore a long black lace dress down to her feet .
10 Together they scaled the remaining rope , rolling over the railing and falling flat on to the deck with practised ease , short stubby muzzles of the Uzis weaving and probing the long narrow passage .
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