Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] long [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another cliché that persists is that chefs work in contract catering only to avoid long hours and the tough competition of hotel and restaurant kitchens . |
| 2 | Most are vulnerable to the cold , since they can not grow long hair and a thick insulating coat . |
| 3 | ( pl. 29 ) Usually symbolize long life and good luck . |
| 4 | All Israeli newspapers , which produce weekend editions on a Friday , yesterday carried long articles and in some cases special supplements marking the start of the uprising 's third year . |
| 5 | The first probably had long snouts and are thought to have been the ancestors of the lemurs , now only found in Madagascar , and of the lorises that today live in the forests of the Far East . |
| 6 | This inevitably demanded long hours and late nights . |
| 7 | Acceptance there involved long trials and modifications . |
| 8 | In tracing that elusive ancestor the family historian therefore needs to be aware that long before the age of the railways people did sometimes travel long distances and that it was very common for men , women and adolescents to move within a few miles radius of their birthplace . |