Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] the long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How far are you prepared to stretch the long arm of coincidence ? |
| 2 | She decided to join the long taxi queue . |
| 3 | Right , if we want to increase the long run output we may have to reduce short run output . |
| 4 | We continue to accept the long term UN target for aid of 0.7 per cent of GNP , although we can not set a timetable for its achievement . |
| 5 | Well what they 're doing actually it 's quite right because they 're they tended to play the long ball to Steve Walsh so that he could head it down and what they 're doing actually they 've got two four foot eight forwards in Jochim and Speedy and a nine foot seven winger Ormanroyd |
| 6 | They took some sandwiches and a bottle of cold tea , and they began to cut the long grass in Mr Wood 's biggest field . |
| 7 | And the police up on the railway embankment when they walked home from school , and the tunnel fenced off so they had to go the long way round . |
| 8 | As eighth reserve for the tournament the chances were slim , but he decided to make the long journey to Crooked Stick , Indiana , on the off-chance . |
| 9 | He had to go the long way around , but it gave him plenty of time to watch for any indication that there might be anybody at home . |