Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was wearing long evening gloves , indeed seemed to be fully dressed for a ball . |
| 2 | We report a patient with visual failure and optic atrophy who was receiving long term chlorambucil for a low grade non-Hodgkin 's lymphoma . |
| 3 | The celebrated comedian who was playing Long John Silver made a brief appearance in a chauffeur-driven car . |
| 4 | The whole performance was an almost total waste of time , and was accompanied by a belief that it was necessary to demonstrate that one was working long hours in the evenings , and preferably all weekends as well . |
| 5 | Then they are trucked long distances to toil on remote plantations where they are held prisoner and compelled to work at gunpoint . |
| 6 | It is called Long Life . |
| 7 | He is thinking long term and is in an all-powerful position as the man in charge of the review . |
| 8 | On the contrary , it was to hammer long balls into the Hearts penalty area at every opportunity on the grounds that such pressure would produce defensive mistakes . |
| 9 | Today he was wearing long trousers and a very remarkable jacket , and it did not even matter that his shoes were too small for his feet or that the safety-pin at his throat was digging into his flesh . |
| 10 | Best of all , he was talking long sentences without a hint of breathlessness . |
| 11 | Joe saw Tony only briefly as he was working long hours . |