Example sentences of "[vb infin] [be] [verb] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'm very lucky , she thought , I might just avoid being turned into a long smear of guts and blood . |
| 2 | They must have been riding for a long time , but there was no sign of a large town , only a solitary light shining ahead . |
| 3 | Or the link between inflation and unemployment may simply have been operating on a long lag , with the old , high NAIRU returning after several years to smack ministers in the face . |
| 4 | If it 's a professional job they will have been observed over a long period and their habits and financial status will be known . ’ |
| 5 | Some ore was so intermixed with gangue however , that the concentration by hand was extremely laborious and the mill must have been needed for a long time . |