Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only can this play hell with the smooth operation of a network , it can be a nightmare to troubleshoot , especially where you have long cable runs between machines . |
| 2 | On warm days in the summer the alligators have access to a separate grassed enclosure where they spend long periods basking directly in the sun . |
| 3 | In the population census for 1991 nearly one in seven of Bassetlaw 's residents said that they had long term illnesses , health problems , or handicaps that limited their daily activities or work . |
| 4 | A Braemar vet , Ian Watt , said that he had long experience of co-operating with farmers and commented : ‘ Many years ago , I was involved with the MacRobert Trust on a consultancy basis . |
| 5 | and I 've long feet you see and if I put have me feet straight up like that it er it 's pressure on it |
| 6 | John and I had long discussions on planning applications , I shall be interested to hear |
| 7 | By 1907 rheumatoid arthritis had almost crippled her and she suffered long periods of inactivity , but refused either to move to the comfort of Duke Town or to return to Britain . |
| 8 | He said if you fire long bursts , you risk jamming your gun , so you should get in close and fire short bursts . |
| 9 | There is plenty to do and see in the area and if you like long walks , Britain 's longest footpath , the South West Way , is on your doorstep — in total it is 560 miles long . |
| 10 | The kindest way is to let it dry naturally , but if you have long hair , this is n't particularly practical in winter , so if you do use a dryer regularly , use a diffuser for a more gentle drying action . |
| 11 | Yeah but you can go like that cos you got long arms . |
| 12 | ‘ We summoned the sorcerers , and we sat long nights in Council , for we knew that we dare not wait until it was time for the Ritual of the Beastline to take place ; we had to know long before that if the birth of twins into the Royal House had truly damaged the Enchantment . |
| 13 | They made their own amusements , and she learnt to knit and they had long winter nights round the fire o and they used to go She used to call it , we used to go after day set , that she called evening . |
| 14 | In my view the jugular podge would n't show up so much if he had longer hair , but he never gives that coarse mousy matting of his any Lebensraum . |
| 15 | Because the sandwich is only a few angstroms thick it transmits visible light — but it reflects longer wavelength heat radiation . |
| 16 | Despite some significant developments by BBC and Marconi engineers , the system still did not give better quality than 78rpm discs ; it only succeeded because it gave longer running-time , and it had lower running-costs because the tape could be magnetically erased and reused . |
| 17 | Thereafter , prune when you see long growths taking the goodness out of the tree ; in late summer cut back all whippy shoots to 4in , then in February or March cut back again to two buds . |
| 18 | When you work long hours with people , bonds are inevitably formed . |
| 19 | When you spend long periods studying the board the latter point becomes quite important . |
| 20 | Two days of warm spring weather opened the flowers of forsythia bushes in the neglected garden behind Merrill 's flat , and she hummed as she cut long stems of the starry yellow blossom . |
| 21 | When we analyse longer stretches of speech , it is necessary to mark the places where tone-unit boundaries occur ( that is , where one tone-unit ends and another begins , or where a tone-unit ends and is followed by a pause , or where a tone-unit begins following a pause ) . |
| 22 | These corners are sometimes almost more difficult for the men than for the women , as we use longer skis but I handled the course well and produced a 3rd place , my most encouraging FIS race result for some time . |
| 23 | Grey herons contorted to strange shapes as they stretched long necks and peered into the shallows . |
| 24 | We talk to hoteliers and developers on a day to day basis , we work with them as they make long term plans . |