Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] 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 | Sally did n't want another long day on the hill , so wished me well and watched for an hour as my headtorch beam got smaller and more erratic as I moved away across the glacier , interrogating the ice . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | said yeah he said we can do some long distance ones . |
| 5 | Radiotherapy often relieves pain that is untreatable with laser , and may give better long term control so that repeat laser procedures are required less often . |
| 6 | We will use some long examples to illustrate this , though heads of this length are not very frequently found in natural speech . |
| 7 | The last is particularly important as it should provide good long term revenue prospects . |
| 8 | Assistance from the community nursing service , social workers and day or respite facilities can relieve some of the pressure on carers but do not provide any long term solution to the attendant social and emotional deprivation of people living restricted and sometimes insular existences . |
| 9 | What happens when you do n't have that long series of apprenticeships ? |
| 10 | Jenny Lunt , 11 , of Anfield : Why do giraffes have such long necks ? |
| 11 | At least they do n't have such long holidays as the Italians … ‘ |
| 12 | Er do you have any long term health , no . |
| 13 | Why did we go this long way ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I 'm worried that the changes to community care might , paradoxically , spoil this long term relationship . |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't you find these long journeys are a nuisance ? |
| 17 | Threadworms do not usually cause any long term damage . |