Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet there is striking evidence that carts and wagons had been much improved , and that bridges were being built in many parts to make it possible for them to go longer distances . |
| 2 | The agricultural working class , deprived of a subsistence on the land by the enclosures of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries , thronged to the cities of the Midlands and the North where the economics of laissez-faire forced them to work long hours in wretched conditions for miserable wages , and threw them out of employment altogether as soon as there was a downturn in the market . |
| 3 | Pilots have complained that airlines force them to work long hours , new jets are being grounded or sent back to the manufacturers for modification , and the government has been attacked for a series of embarrassing lapses at major airports . |
| 4 | COLLEGE lecturers at Colchester Institute are to strike in protest over new contracts forcing them to work longer hours including weekends and bank holidays . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , ’ said the agent , ‘ they 're looking for someone to play Long John Silver in a new production of Treasure Island . ’ |
| 6 | One of the most useful benefits of this is that it allows you to create long filenames . |
| 7 | Most bandsaws , for example , have a table considerably above the common machine table height which may enable you to cast long jobs above other machines . |
| 8 | In the past it has been difficult for them to have long runs in the team . ’ |
| 9 | you aught to use long words . |
| 10 | It will oblige them to make long drives across the desert to Egypt or Tunisia when they want to leave the country . |
| 11 | All of these areas enable us to create long term partnerships with the groups and organisations we 're committed to help , and all of them enrich I B M's own long term aims . |