Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [prep] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat staring before him , seeing nothing but a long line of Mortimers , inexhaustible and prolific to the end of time . |
| 2 | A report has recommended that logging in the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest region of the USA be cut by more than half as a means of sustaining them in the long term and protecting their wildlife [ see EDs passim ] . |
| 3 | She caught worldwide attention last year when she claimed in a defence of prostitution charges that she could only satisfy a sex addiction by selling herself to the long line of men . |
| 4 | If somebody takes a Covermaster plan out at twenty five , we expect them to be paying it for a long time , if he takes it out at fifty five , we expect him to pay less . |
| 5 | Maeve would be seeing to the barns , ensuring stock was slaughtered , the meat dried , salted and hung high in the kitchen to smoke , preserving it for the long winter months . |
| 6 | I think the other possibility to take Stella 's point is that if there is a change that 's come up because of an audit , where a particular job has been audited and you know that within the next week or so another similar job is being audited , it may make sense to refer it 'til the next meeting , providing you 're not deferring it for a long period of time , to compar the results of the two jobs . |
| 7 | I ca n't see myself doing it for a long time . |
| 8 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |
| 9 | that is something that 'd happened all of a sudden , of about four throughout the cou , well three at the time throughout the country have suddenly gone like it within about a month or so of each other , and they 've never had any trouble before , but I was talking to Brian and he said that 's a load of cobblers , he says it 's been doing it for a long time and there 's loads of them doing it . |
| 10 | The thing is they wo n't be going shopping , they wo n't be doing anything for a long time and she 's |
| 11 | She was so aware of him that he seemed to be touching her from a long way off . |
| 12 | Well we set out with the good intention of taking her for a long walk this morning but er we changed our mind did n't we ? |
| 13 | One collects them by climbing the tree or by poking them with a long stick . |
| 14 | She rested her chin on her knees , preparing herself for the long wait . |
| 15 | Lydia was resigning herself to a long stretch of celibacy . |
| 16 | He had been watching her for a long time before she realised he was awake . |
| 17 | Then he saw a wonderfully pretty girl who had obviously been watching him for a long time . |
| 18 | Life is too short to continue hating anyone for a long time . |
| 19 | If it has the Zenith then , if you are leaving it for a long period , try pulling out the choke after it has stopped . |
| 20 | ‘ I use this for sticking pigs , ’ he said , giving me a mysterious smile , gesturing with the ugly blade across his uncovered throat , then laughing , flicking it shut and thrusting it into a long pocket in the side of his dusty black corduroys . |