Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] in [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody stops learning , but at only 15st I 'm the fastest heavyweight the world has seen in a long time . ’ |
| 2 | He was ‘ permitted to put in a long day 's work for his Master , and it can be truly said that he gave his best ’ . |
| 3 | Mr Ashdown has been quick to contrast his 55 walkabouts with Mr Kinnock 's ‘ three ’ , and he has put in the long hours with a soldier 's determination to ‘ get the job done ’ . |
| 4 | At every stage , the media must insist upon its right to investigate and to print public interest stories ; if it is right in its identification of the public interest , it is unlikely to come to harm in the long run . |
| 5 | Our team lost the game by 125 runs , but they reckoned overall it was the most enjoyable day 's cricket they 'd had in a long time . |
| 6 | Marx also took from the classical economists the idea that rates of profit are bound to fall in the long term . |
| 7 | Are they likely to contribute to profit in the long term ? |
| 8 | Yet the question remains as to what Baldwin thought he might have attempted in a long night of ‘ reasoning together ’ . |
| 9 | If the hall is too narrow for this and many entrance ways are barely more than a corridor , try to get in a long bench or a very narrow console , or at the very least a stool and a shelf . |
| 10 | Smith contends that such expenditure is functional but contradictory : it serves the structural requirements of capitalism at home and abroad while at the same time destabilising the performance of the economic structure which it seeks to preserve in the long term . |
| 11 | Most of its fruit had fallen in the long grass , where its rotting skin had been pecked and tunnelled by birds and worms . |
| 12 | ‘ He 's the most charming man I 've met in a long time . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You are the most frustrating piece of womanhood I 've met in a long time , ’ he rasped . |
| 14 | Nicest bars I 've seen in a long time . ’ |
| 15 | The teaming up of Land 's End Ltd with Rowland Edwards , who seems to have his own unique version of reality , produced one of the choicer pieces of double-speak I 've seen in a long time : a press release announcing a campaign to add fixed anchors and gear to the crags in the interests of the environment and safety . |
| 16 | ‘ All this , with the bonus of an organic approach , makes it one of the most original books on gardening that I 've seen in a long time , ’ says our kitchen garden correspondent , Adam Pasco . |
| 17 | Elland Road was the emptiest I 've seen in a long time , 23,000 of which 4000 were Crewe fans . |
| 18 | It was a hell of a match , one of the best I 've seen in a long while ( live that is ) . |
| 19 | Hell of a good film though , it 's the best film I 've seen in a long time . |
| 20 | He was about to leave the foundry and continue his journey when an apprentice came rushing in with the loveliest girl he had seen in a long while , and his heart seemed to stop . |
| 21 | I just want to briefly introduce this , I do n't want to speak in any great , we have had a long debate in house do you if you wish to engage in a long debate again in view of the time tonight . |
| 22 | ‘ This is one of the best evenings I 've had in a long time , ’ Sam said , sipping his coffee . |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't worry , Matey , ’ he said to her , leaving the room of many memories , putting his arms about her , seeing with new eyes how old she had grown , and that he was all she had , the last of the many children for whom she had cared in a long life of selfless service . |
| 24 | But it has such appeal that the casinos are reporting more feverish betting activity than they 've known in a long time . |
| 25 | The Founders ' powers had emerged in the long wrangle with GLEB . |
| 26 | It was the first time that anything of that kind had happened in the long history of the RUC and its predecessor , the RIC . |
| 27 | ‘ It was as hard as I 've practised in a long time , ’ said the Ryder Cup player . |
| 28 | The family member is determined to " help " the primary sufferer : ( a ) regardless of whether this " helping " actually does help in the long term . |
| 29 | This is the highest quality educational package I have seen in a long time and is well worth registering . |
| 30 | In my case , and I am sure I am not alone in this , I can picture in my mind 's eye every summit I have reached in a long life without confusion of identity . |