Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance . |
| 2 | On the latter subject , the author points to the inconsistent decisions on whether the effect of unambiguous operative provisions can be cut down by the long title and he seems to incline to the view that they can be so affected ; this , perhaps , does not give sufficient weight to what was said about the effect of the preamble in Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover . |
| 3 | In some programs files have to be inverted overnight and this requires the microcomputer to be switched on over a long period of time . |
| 4 | But the couple 's solicitor Con Fernandez said the pair were just skittles waiting to be bowled over by the long arm of the law . |
| 5 | But the couple 's solicitor Con Fernandez said the pair were just skittles waiting to be bowled over by the long arm of the law . |