Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [vb pp] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is why Kenneth Baker has promised longer franchises for operators prepared to install systems that rely on switched-star technology . |
| 2 | ‘ One of my clients has got long hair and there 's no way I 'd let anybody cut it . |
| 3 | The Cabinet were much less happy about this , as were Mountbatten 's own staff : however , General Slim , in command of 14th Army , showed more understanding , declaring ( 19 April ) : ‘ Help already given by BNA has gone long way towards expiation of political crimes . ’ |
| 4 | When dogs have spent long periods living outside , they do n't know indoors from outdoors , and must be taught the difference . |
| 5 | These problems can be addressed by studies where individuals have conducted long term studies of their own memories . |
| 6 | Development of an All Wales Strategy has involved long discussions at county level between social services department personnel , representatives from voluntary organisations , parents and sometimes consumers . |
| 7 | Her father had worked long hours for the convent in his time , he had paid many times over in advance for his child to be housed and educated , had he but known it . |
| 8 | In the past year , 35 sites which were of ecological importance due to their plant and animal populations have suffered long term damage . |
| 9 | Already the refs have had long meetings working out just how strict or just how lenient they are going to be . |
| 10 | In the years prior to the Second World War , a small group of pioneers had spent long periods exploring the Libyan desert in vehicles . |
| 11 | Well her daughter 's got long boots on that has n't she ? |
| 12 | ‘ Remarkably , people tend to think that doctors have had long training , ’ he says . |
| 13 | Others have spent long summer holidays there . |
| 14 | Medical science and prosperity have brought longer life to our parents , and , inevitably , greater costs to the rest of society . |
| 15 | Now all the women have got long skirts and all the blokes have got really sensible haircuts , they all do oil painting and the music they like is shite . |
| 16 | Since the overthrow of the country 's first President , Kwame Nkrumah , in a coup in February 1966 , Ghana has experienced long periods of military rule interspersed with short-lived civilian governments . |
| 17 | Since the overthrow of the country 's first President , Kwame Nkrumah , in a coup in February 1966 , Ghana has experienced long periods of military rule interspersed with short-lived civilian governments . |
| 18 | And she and her friend Betty had spent long hours together , playing tennis and squash and doing a bit of swimming . |