Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everybody 's got ta do it in the long run . |
| 2 | She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time . |
| 3 | I did n't want Mary to go because I thought I would n't see her for a long time , and I ran over to her and pleaded . |
| 4 | ‘ From what you 've told me , I do n't think we 'll see her for a long time unless your Mr Wyatt finds them , and while he thinks you are Dana he wo n't be looking very hard , will he ? ’ |
| 5 | Though the supplier has no guarantee of the business , it has an advantage and , once it has the business , the firm can be fairly sure it will keep it for a long time . |
| 6 | Please would she meet him for a long dinner on Friday — he would expect to hear from her tomorrow or the next day . |
| 7 | You can hear them from a long way now what you do is you sit them down and let them take up their own particular position , you can , if they 've got their medication their Ventilin or whatever , you can put it beside them , they will know if they need to take it or not , get them with the fresh air and let them take up their own position which is usually leaning forward so that it expands their lungs , talk to them about something different because sometimes well they 've got to think of what to answer you , it 's relaxing those tubes , now if they 're taking their medication and it does n't work within about five minutes get them to hospital , because the only people that really die with asthma are those that have taken medication and keep saying I 'll give it a few more minutes , give it a few more minutes and if they 're getting worse and worse they 're leaving it too long . |
| 8 | ‘ If they continually try to buck the system , the system will destroy them in the long run . |
| 9 | As for Miguel , he would treat her to a long stare with those soulful eyes and mutter something she did not understand . |
| 10 | RAIL commuters have protested at timetable changes they claim will leave them with a long wait or walk . |
| 11 | well you 've got to snip it first , have n't you , you 've got to fucking snip it with the long hairs first , the old cut throat . |
| 12 | sha n't want 'em for a long while |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm angry because — because you think you can add me to a long line of women notched on your belt . |
| 14 | If , however , this is not the case , the specialist may put you on a long course of low dose antibiotics . |
| 15 | And if someone writes in another language , you wo n't get it for a long time . |
| 16 | She did not share Baldwin 's intellectual or aesthetic tastes , and she did not accompany him on the long walks which were a staple part of his recreation in Worcestershire or at Aix . |
| 17 | But you 'd regret it in the long run , I think , would n't you ? |
| 18 | I know we 're all very upset by what 's happened here , but damaging your career now wo n't help you in the long run . ’ |
| 19 | It does n't hit you for a long time what you have achieved . |