Example sentences of "[verb] [det] long [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the edge of Sheffield town centre the eye confronts some long walls the colour of a storm , so forbidding that not even the kids have made their mark . |
| 2 | On the edge of Sheffield town centre the eye confronts some long walls the colour of a storm , so forbidding that not even the kids have made their mark . |
| 3 | Slowly I got up and drew some long breaths . |
| 4 | I looked around the ship , and after a few minutes , I found some long pieces of wood . |
| 5 | I hid Buff 's laser gun and used some long plants to tie him up . |
| 6 | Doctors could buy the much needed equipment , they would n't have to work such long hours , there would be no need to close down wards , aye or even hospitals . |
| 7 | A forty one , that 's the road between Banbury and Bicester , there are temporary traffic lights for resurfacing work , that 's just between the Soldern turn-off by the Bear public house and the Northants border , that 's going to be causing some long delays . |
| 8 | Well Cajun stuff and all that I thought , and then there 's them you can do some long kebabs and all that , that 's why if we get one of them charcoal grills that you can pa shoo , shee shoo . |
| 9 | The A forty one , the road between Banbury and Bicester , there are temporary traffic lights between the Soldern turn-off , that 's by the Bear public house and the Northampshire border ; that 's likely to cause some long delays . |
| 10 | Rehabilitation is not a real term for staff [ he said ] , especially when men are serving such long sentences . |
| 11 | I have never seen such long arms ! |
| 12 | He created havoc and caused many long faces amongst the island 's hierarchy by taking six for 16 in 6 overs . |
| 13 | Texas drove some beasts to New Orleans and after 1849 to California , but it was the promise of the great north-eastern market which urged ranchers to explore those long routes which have become part of the heroic romance of the ‘ Wild West ’ , linking the remote south-west with the slowly approaching railheads and through them with the giant transport centre of Chicago , whose stockyards were opened in 1865 . |
| 14 | If he had , she 'd have seen those long legs , whose stride outmatched even hers , she 'd have seen the power of his masculinity … |
| 15 | We will use some long examples to illustrate this , though heads of this length are not very frequently found in natural speech . |
| 16 | How did people travel such long distances around the country ? |
| 17 | However , the text file describing the circuit requires some long hours studying the manual . |
| 18 | Oh bloody hell why do they have to put such long words in them ? |
| 19 | Jenny Lunt , 11 , of Anfield : Why do giraffes have such long necks ? |
| 20 | At least they do n't have such long holidays as the Italians … ‘ |
| 21 | And I do n't hear those words , ‘ Fight on , boy ; ’ or feel those long arms around me like I dreamed about for years and years . |
| 22 | Damian pulled her out and shut the door , marching with her back down the corridors , his hand hard on her wrist , and as she went with him , hurrying to match those long strides , she understood and was horrified beyond belief . |
| 23 | His task is both daunting and serious , but Allison — famed for that Fedora and fat cigars — would go to the gallows cracking jokes and his humour is sorely needed to lift some long faces in the dressing room . |
| 24 | It took many long years for the twelve swords to emerge from the workshops of Alaric , long years even for a Dwarf , and , as it proved , more than the lifetime of a man . |
| 25 | It was not always easy to concentrate , as distant explosions and nearby arguments in Arabic disturbed our peace , but it was something to help pass many long hours . |
| 26 | She took several long mouthfuls of the drink , then looked around for Faye , wanting to make sure this party was n't too taxing for her patient . |
| 27 | This produced several long skeins of yarn . |
| 28 | Is this a good idea or not , because I do some long distances at regular times . |
| 29 | Many of the child workers at the mine , suffering as they did such long hours and the effect of the physical demands of their labour , would be constrained from attending evening classes . |
| 30 | Christopher — more talkative than usual — was animated in his description of the Highlands , where he had taken several long walks with Alastair . |