Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They ate and drank , sitting tucked into long grass that screened them from the river ; they could hear the flow of it , and the occasional plop of a fish . |
| 2 | Lacking sufficient data , specific advice about treatment can not be given ; both local and systemic approaches have resulted in long term survival . |
| 3 | Increases in the population aged over 65 , in both proportionate and absolute terms have resulted from long term downward trends in the birth rate coinciding with decreased mortality rates . |
| 4 | Increases in the elderly population — in both absolute and proportionate terms — have resulted from long term downward trends in the birth rate coinciding with decreased mortality at all ages . |
| 5 | ‘ I have discovered through long experience , Miss Honey , that the ears of small boys are stuck very firmly to their heads . ’ |