Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [verb] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The okapi , according to Gill Venner , is shy and elusive and has a long gestation period . ) |
| 2 | Sanchez cupped the coal of the joint and took a long toke . |
| 3 | The mines were large and had a long life and fitted in with RTZ 's strategic objectives , he added . |
| 4 | He would go to a bar late and sip a long drink very slowly . |
| 5 | A small generator can be used primarily to stop a battery discharging and it will only be able to recharge a battery if it is small and has a long time in which to do it . |
| 6 | The human being ( a far more complex creature inhabiting a far more complex world ) needs to be highly adaptive and has a long period of play in which to build up a vast repertoire of behaviours . |
| 7 | They begin well enough , rolling on to their backs , gaping the mouth awkwardly wide and allowing the long tongue to loll lifelessly from their sagging jaws . |