Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [verb] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I get a lot of laughs from everyone who sees me , especially when I 'm going across long grass and all they can see is an airline captain coming towards them at great speed with exhaust smoke coming from my rear end . |
| 2 | In towns and cities which are occupied for long periods of time , there is a continuous process of old buildings being demolished and levelled for the construction of new ones , which in turn become old and are demolished . |
| 3 | Barron and Norris ( 1976 ) suggest that the labour market is divided into two segments — a primary sector which provides skilled , secure work at good levels of pay which is reached by long promotion ladders , and a secondary sector characterized by unskilled , insecure work with few promotion prospects and low levels of pay ( see figure 4.6 ) . |
| 4 | The model queens of the magazine covers , Suzy Parker in America and Barbara Goalen in England , were ladies who were photographed in long gloves . |
| 5 | And he admits : ‘ It is not normal for the Spanish people to leave the place where you were born for long spells . |
| 6 | The mother or , more often , the father who is separated for long periods or repeated shorter periods from the home ( through professional requirements , for example , or by prison sentence ) stands in danger of becoming an " inconsiderable " member of the family — one who is of the family group but who , in the child 's eyes , plays little or no part in its procedures , decisions and activities . |
| 7 | A couple of times we were attacked by long range German ‘ planes but fortunately on these occasions , they missed us . |
| 8 | They are borne on long , green stalks . |
| 9 | They are borne on long , branching stems which are also reddish-brown . |
| 10 | They are borne on long , wiry stems . |
| 11 | These goals reflect the backgrounds ( values , beliefs and experiences ) of individuals and do not emerge fully formed at 20 years of age ; they are acquired over long periods , and particularly during childhood . |
| 12 | They were dressed in long dark raincoats and wore dark felt hats and they addressed themselves to my father , ignoring the rest of us . |
| 13 | They were mounted on long wheelbase trucks fitted with Lycett & Conaty radial gear in which the axles pivoted about the motors and there were no motor support springs , but there were very large protruding axle-boxes . |
| 14 | They were wrapped in long , midnight-blue capes that disguised most of their shapes , but their uncovered faces were strikingly handsome . |
| 15 | The oxygen consumption of an insect may rise a hundredfold when flight begins and if it is to continue for long periods a reserve of oxidizable respiratory material is needed . |
| 16 | If it is transported over long distances , it can be dangerous . |
| 17 | But the secret he 's learnt through long experience is the nature of light — from the air it 's very different . |
| 18 | He was living in Long Island . |
| 19 | But he was resented by long memories in those who had fought a war ; by Churchill 's men for weakening the morale of the Air Force through his attacks on area bombing ; by the school of Lord Vansittart which loathed Germans and said that Nazis were typical of that race , and hated a bishop who told them never to identify the true Germany with Hitler . |
| 20 | Genes themselves are inherited in long chains called chromosomes , made of the chemical DNA . |