Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adv] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same two civilisations also developed mummification , having discovered how long bodies could be preserved in their dry air . |
| 2 | The Gnomes had gone to considerable trouble ; Culdub and Bith had sat up long hours and consulted books and chronicles and there had been much burning of late candles and worried scurryings to and fro between the Gnomes ' houses in the little mountain village . |
| 3 | Think I 've got quite long arms for a short body . |
| 4 | ( Opposite , bottom ) Many prey species have developed unusually long legs and strange forms of locomotion as refinements of their fleeing behaviour . |
| 5 | Studies have shown that long term success rates ( ie at one year follow up ) of 10–20% can be achieved [ 7 ] . |
| 6 | In this study we have shown that long term ( 18 months ) ingestion of 133 g/kg dietary fibre resulted in a modest but significant increase in cellular proliferation in the crypts of the proximal colon but not the distal colon of the rat compared with an intake of 17 g/kg dietary fibre . |
| 7 | walks down about eight o'clock , talk about long legs , she 's got really long legs right , this one . |