Example sentences of "[verb] long and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it is , Mr Major could think long and reappoint Mr Lamont , who has borne the enormous strain of knowing that , if the Tories had lost , he would have taken a substantial part of the blame . |
| 2 | I will grow my hair out to its natural colour until it falls long and lank about my shoulders , allow my skin to fade to a startling winter white . |
| 3 | He was fastidious about his hair , which he grew long and lacquered in place over a balding pate . |
| 4 | This he grew long and combed up , due north . |
| 5 | It did not last long and had largely petered out by early 1972 , when budgie gear , baggies and flares with turn-ups , glamrock and other new influences had taken over . |
| 6 | ‘ One would have shuddered to send him to a public school , ’ said the lady , who had in fact sat long and agonized in calculation of the cost of doing so . |