Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adj] long [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Damian pulled her out and shut the door , marching with her back down the corridors , his hand hard on her wrist , and as she went with him , hurrying to match those long strides , she understood and was horrified beyond belief . |
| 2 | And I can remember having big long sheets and they would take us into Nottingham and just dump you at a shop and say now you know , go in and fill that in . |
| 3 | His task is both daunting and serious , but Allison — famed for that Fedora and fat cigars — would go to the gallows cracking jokes and his humour is sorely needed to lift some long faces in the dressing room . |
| 4 | It was not always easy to concentrate , as distant explosions and nearby arguments in Arabic disturbed our peace , but it was something to help pass many long hours . |
| 5 | Doctors could buy the much needed equipment , they would n't have to work such long hours , there would be no need to close down wards , aye or even hospitals . |
| 6 | If he had , she 'd have seen those long legs , whose stride outmatched even hers , she 'd have seen the power of his masculinity … |
| 7 | Oh bloody hell why do they have to put such long words in them ? |
| 8 | But you 're , well you , supposing you 've got two long conversations , what you want to do is two bits , I can transfer bits out of |
| 9 | Christopher — more talkative than usual — was animated in his description of the Highlands , where he had taken several long walks with Alastair . |
| 10 | His mother had said that it was all very well to mock but she had stood many long hours at auctions all over the city finding the right pieces . |
| 11 | You have enjoyed two long marriages . |
| 12 | We have had 20 long years of murder and destruction in the Province . |