Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] very long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had very long hair when Verity and the others first saw me , down below my shoulders , very thick and very curly . |
| 2 | it must have poured on us but I ca n't ever remember it raining You know there was when we used to go to Deerness I had very long hair and we And Kirkwall was n't just the cleanest of place at places at that time . |
| 3 | First impressions are of a bass which looks very long , with a full-size body , 24-fret neck , 34″ scale length helping to keep the low B-string commendably taut , and an elegantly-shaped five-peg headstock . |
| 4 | As someone who worked in the BMC when it was at its height , and who has very long acquaintance with both protagonists , I can vouch for the veracity of Dennis 's story as told here , and can only lament the nit-picking which has continued even after its publication in this book . |
| 5 | So I was down there watching The Yardbirds and the English bands that were starting , and one time there was this band — for some reason I was there early and watching the sound check — with this blond guy who had very long blond hair , and knee-length sort of sued , fringed , Sherwood Forest , Robin Hood-looking boots , playing a bit of sax on stage . |
| 6 | In general , unless you have very long and gracious windows , I think such windows look neater and let in more daylight if they are covered with blinds or shutters or even some sort of grill or trellis work . |
| 7 | ‘ Obviously they have very long memories but I am not going to get involved in any more comments , ’ added the former Gloucester , Worcester and England batsman and BBC commentator . |
| 8 | You can imagine this has meant him working very long hours , one of the other problems he has is he suffers from diabetes . |
| 9 | The private sector can not invest in the circumstances set out in the bill , because they need very long franchises with control of all the means of production , the track , the trains , the stations , the total business . |
| 10 | It gets very long and involved . |
| 11 | He had very long hair at the time and a beard , Lewis remembered , and looked as they all did like some kind of weird prophet . |
| 12 | He had very long hands , which were also covered in freckles and sported three gold rings . |