Example sentences of "[adv] and [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The foundations of the White Tower of Hoeth are laid down and the longest period of continual peace in Elf history begins . |
| 2 | The gruel was served up and a long grace was said over a short the gruel disappeared , the boys looked at each other and went over , while his next neighbours nudged him , tired as he was he was desperately hungry and he rest on the table and the master with his hands he said |
| 3 | He lunged at her slashing out and a long slash appeared on her leg . |
| 4 | A new crop of irises had opened since the day before and the long grass on the river-bank was flushed with blue and purple . |
| 5 | Lopped off brambles lay around and the long grass was all trampled . |
| 6 | A LONG time ago and a long way away , a factory dumped sludge containing organic mercury into the sea . |
| 7 | Come over here and join us by all means — but not too many of you , so we 'll vet you as you come in ; and not make getting in pleasant or easy ; and just please stick to your own districts , and keep your own religion and dance away to tambourines , or bow to the East , or whatever you like to do to remind you of home — or home as it used to be a hundred years ago but certainly is n't now — and are n't we clever , and kind , and good , the way we give you your roots back ? , and with any luck your children will grow up well-behaved and pleasant ; ours certainly are n't ; because your children come of a society which , being somewhere else and a long time ago , is probably better than ours . |
| 8 | In general a short-term objective would be eighteen months to three years ahead and a long term objective ten to fifteen years . |