Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb base] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Assuming that its purpose has been determined , once the machine arrives there are several steps that can be taken to maintain its good condition and ensure a long life . |
| 2 | At the top of the fountain , the spray breaks up into individual droplets which get carried by the wind and fall a long way from the vent , so that downwind of the fountain there is a shifting curtain of glowing droplets showering down . |
| 3 | Indulging in litigation may mean that you have to expend substantial sums of money and wait a long time before achieving victory ; to lose could prove very costly . |
| 4 | We … turn to the right and find a long line of Loose Boxes extending to the Forge … |
| 5 | He would come round on his cycle just lean up against the er lamppost and push a long pole u underneath the , the lights the lamp itself the glass , and of course the lamp would come on off this pole |
| 6 | Is he aware that even when people are examined , are found to have cataracts and wait a long time for the operation , some of them — such as a 91-year-old constituent of mine — are told that Royal Oldham hospital , which has been granted trust status , does not have the money to provide the necessary medicines and has money to help only the elderly ? |
| 7 | internal business shuttles but a lot of them are long haul passengers who could n't get a direct flight to their nearest regional airport and with the nineteen ninety three directive liberalising the E C erm or European Union Airways , more and more passengers from the North and the Midlands are going to take a shuttle to Europe not to Heathrow , they are going to fly from Ringway or East Middlesbrough t to Europe and catch a long haul from Charles De Gaulle or Frankfurt and indeed Amsterdam which you probably know is now advertising itself as Britain 's third airport . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He expressed a hope that we might meet again during the remaining two days of his stay and have a longer conversation . |