Example sentences of "[be] [verb] long [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are different ways of doing this : one way is to treat long vowels and diphthongs as composed of two vowel phonemes . |
| 2 | Another way of doing this kind of analysis is to treat long vowels and diphthongs as composed of a vowel plus a consonant ; this may seem a less obvious way of proceeding , but it was for many years the choice of most American phonologists . |
| 3 | He is thinking long term and is in an all-powerful position as the man in charge of the review . |
| 4 | Today he was wearing long trousers and a very remarkable jacket , and it did not even matter that his shoes were too small for his feet or that the safety-pin at his throat was digging into his flesh . |
| 5 | With a shrug of her shoulders , Charlotte rose and accompanied Ursula out through the kitchen and into the garden , where a calm and picturesque evening was spreading long shadows and rectangles of gold across the lawn . |