Example sentences of "[verb] this long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Langford , 39 , said , ‘ Kids today just do n't want this long hair business any more . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Similar offences in the past have received a fortnight 's suspension , but because of the player 's disciplinary record he has been given this long ban , ’ said the committee chairman David Johnson . |
| 3 | If I risk ending this long study of sexual dissidence by speaking of love it is without apology and simply to acknowledge its inspiration . |
| 4 | I do not believe that it would be right to reverse this long line of authority and declare that certiorari should now lie to reverse the decision of a visitor on a question of law . |
| 5 | Let this long day be full for you , |
| 6 | Peter 's got this long arrow in his room . |
| 7 | If antibiotics are likely to clear up the infection , why are we having this long discussion ? |
| 8 | Why did we go this long way ? |
| 9 | We had to take the door off there , there used to be a door on there , but to get this long sideboard in we had to take the door off |
| 10 | I 'm worried that the changes to community care might , paradoxically , spoil this long term relationship . |
| 11 | Then we talked to Miguel again and it turned out the Indian had started this long conversation with him before we could possibly have had the accident . |
| 12 | If the Witch King had started this long war , Tethlis was determined to finish it , and he might have succeeded had it not been for the decline in power of the dragons . |
| 13 | The civil servants ( not often wrong , but this time they gave bad advice ) wanted to remove this long example from the body of the Report , and relegate it to an appendix , or , better still , cut it out completely . |
| 14 | it 's erm , please leave your name and number , and the postal area code and I could n't figure out what they meant , your post code , or what , anyway , I sort , I , I left this long pause , shut your face I left this really long pause , and it just like clicked off before I could leave my phone number , so they 've got my , my answer and my names , but they have n't got my phone number , so I thought well , that 's not much good , they ca n't phone you , can they ? |
| 15 | I had thi yeah I had this long conversation not knowing who the hell he so I said well are you going , I was thinking Kingfisher , so I thought well , I said are you going training tomorrow night ? |
| 16 | Farmers have been slow to make adequate provision for their own retirement so it was important to see how many had this long term security and how much importance it carried . |
| 17 | Excuse this long letter and believe me , dear Sir , your affectionate Friend , Dorothy Wordsworth . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You see this long putter really has saved my career . |