Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | OUP 's offer ( 50% off its new encyclopedic dictionary ) was designed to stimulate teacher recommendations and thus generate long term sales . |
| 2 | The whole matter was not so much solved as channelled in another direction by the sudden love match between Mary and her first cousin Henry , Lord Darnley , whom she described as the ‘ properest and best proportioned long man ’ she had ever seen . |
| 3 | One sat silently at home in old jeans and unevenly hanging long crêpey shirts , splashed with murky black and purple flowers . |
| 4 | It is increasingly felt by members of the public that large-scale soil erosion , the destruction of wildlife habitat and the excessive use of chemicals and unnatural substances are unacceptable , and can not continue unabated without ruining the countryside for future generations and probably causing long term health hazards . |
| 5 | and now lie long nights awake |
| 6 | The large trees had extensive roots , which grew nearly horizontally through the soil , repeatedly forking , and often bearing long rootlets . |
| 7 | But the men liked the giants ' tricks : one used to swallow and then regurgitate long arrows , as in a circus ; and another , who allowed himself to be called Juan and learned some biblical phrases , caught and ate all the rats and mice on board , to the entertainment of the men and the pleasure of the cook . |