Example sentences of "they [vb base] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | We talk to hoteliers and developers on a day to day basis , we work with them as they make long term plans . |
| 2 | They make long and elegant speeches before Pandarus leads them to a chamber where they can be alone for a night ; but their words seem superficial : it is as if Rosaline had agreed to love Romeo , and he only ever experienced the satisfaction of his sexual appetite . |
| 3 | I would suggest they look long and hard at the report they have written and even longer and harder in the mirror . |
| 4 | They wave long and hard from the porch . |
| 5 | They cast long shadows . |
| 6 | They have weekends off , what they call long weekends off , Friday to Monday . |
| 7 | Often , they require long term treatment simply to relearn the basics of life , like walking and talking . |
| 8 | In practice , however , heat pumps are expensive to install , they have long payback periods at current fuel prices , and there are doubts about their reliability and performance . |
| 9 | They have long incubation periods , often measured in years , but once manifested the disease usually progresses swiftly , without remission and uninfluenced by treatment , to death within a few months . |
| 10 | They have long hair and long nails and , not unnaturally , a white pallor , and very little to eat . |
| 11 | On warm days in the summer the alligators have access to a separate grassed enclosure where they spend long periods basking directly in the sun . |
| 12 | They spend long hours in the weeks before the Sale crouching at a table at a dangerous angle of 45°s ; in an airless subterranean cupboard off The Undercroft , arranging the unwanted gifts . |
| 13 | They work long hours . ’ |
| 14 | About Indians who live abroad , he says : ‘ They work long hours , give large discounts , open when everyone else is closed and become well-off shopkeepers . |