Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opinion polls taken before the bishops ' caution show Herri Batasuna — some of whose candidates are serving long prison sentences for terrorism - winning up to five seats in Cortes , the Spanish parliament . |
| 2 | Tracer laid stitches across the sky : the bombers still in formation were firing long shots at him . |
| 3 | , A lack of qualified engineers is causing long delays to mount up in the programme of strengthening road bridges , which needs to be carried out ahead of the introduction of 40-tonne lorries , scheduled for 1998 . |
| 4 | ‘ But does it not intrigue you ’ , Miss Honey said , ‘ that a little five-year-old child is reading long adult novels by Dickens and Hemingway ? |
| 5 | AS THE Pope begins his visit to Indonesia , two young men from Gajah Mada University in Yogyakarta on Java are beginning long prison sentences for subversion . |
| 6 | Baby elephants are sent long distances to be put under Daphne 's care , and her love and knowledge ensure their survival and eventual rehabilitation . |
| 7 | With a shrug of her shoulders , Charlotte rose and accompanied Ursula out through the kitchen and into the garden , where a calm and picturesque evening was spreading long shadows and rectangles of gold across the lawn . |
| 8 | Many of the house officers were working long hours without proper medical supervision . |
| 9 | Philip was working long hours for Charles ( now Lord ) Forte and was so tired one night that he slept through the air raid warning and the attempts of his landlady to rouse him . |
| 10 | Another way of doing this kind of analysis is to treat long vowels and diphthongs as composed of a vowel plus a consonant ; this may seem a less obvious way of proceeding , but it was for many years the choice of most American phonologists . |
| 11 | Only coal was moved long distances by canals , railways and roads . |
| 12 | He went on : ‘ They are normally engaged in planning non-emergency journeys but since there have not been any it was felt that they have just been sitting around socialising when others are working long hours . |
| 13 | Lady Thomson , Midge and Chris were wearing long dresses . |
| 14 | The women were wearing long dresses . |
| 15 | There are different ways of doing this : one way is to treat long vowels and diphthongs as composed of two vowel phonemes . |
| 16 | She never saw her father again , but after Georg Wilhelm 's death a certain relaxation took place , her mother being permitted long visits to her court at Ahlden . |
| 17 | One solution is to have long bridles , so reducing the effect and in a way de-sensitising the bridle changes . |