Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] [art] long " in BNC.

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1 Sir , If you please to send me a scarlet Cardinal [ a short red cloak ] , and let it be full yard long , and rather longer than a yard long , and let it be full , for it be for a large Woman , they tell me I may have a long one , and a handsome one , for 11s but I shou 'd not be willing to give more than 12s , but if you have any as long as that , either duffil or cloth , if it is cheaper , I shou 'd like it as well as , for I am not to give but 12s for it .
2 To escape from Heathcliff I must go a long way away .
3 I 'll get a long , long rest when I get in me box , miss .
4 you take the high road and I 'll take the long road and I 'll be in Scotland
5 As we sat in the garden behind his surf shop and talked I could feel the long grass beneath my feet with a sensual awareness I 'd never experienced before .
6 In the candle-light I could see a long table , in the middle of which was a large yellow shape , with hundreds of insects feeding off it .
7 Through the glass I could see the long lines of blue moving away down the street and I could still hear the shouts of the corporal .
8 I 'd like a long , cold drink , please , ’ she murmured , ‘ something really refreshing . ’
9 I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics .
10 I shall write a long poem about what I saw shining from the other side . ’
11 Then after four months I will have a long holiday . ’
12 I can remember the long cloudless days when we drove for mile after mile over desert that stretched out around us as flatly as an unruffled sea ; the way we would pull the throttle out so that the needle stood up straight at the figure forty , and then would laze back with our legs stretched out across the bonnet … .
13 Yes , she must write a long loving letter to Charlie .
14 You 'll have a long day tomorrow , ’ Rose encouraged .
15 You 'll have a long wait , ’ flashed Isabel , and immediately cursed herself when fitzAlan grinned again .
16 The specialists had said that if she was careful , she could live a long time .
17 ‘ With most criminal kidnaps you could expect a long wait .
18 And erm you could see a long distance with it like that you know , especially if you could see a fox from er about a mile and a half , you could see right going along the rocks in the mountains .
19 Under Swiss law she would get a long prison sentence .
20 She would take the long route back over the desolate flats .
21 If the race means you will miss a long run , replace your next hard day with the long run if your schedule will allow it .
22 If brought to trial , she can expect a long prison sentence , followed by ‘ re-education through labour ’ in a camp in Qinghai — ‘ China 's Siberia ’ — an Area like the Sahara desert , in the west of the country , where the climate is notorious for its boiling heat in summer and freezing temperatures in winter .
23 You can stay a long time in neutral , ticking over — provided nothing happens .
24 You can expect a long and happy life if you give up serious music .
25 So the little sketchbook doodles I made from the car might be all that is needed : a few slight marks pointing to the lack of incident in a country where you can travel a long way without seeming to get anywhere — which is what I felt about my own artistic journey .
26 ‘ When that happens , you can anticipate a long and difficult birth . ’
27 You can see a long way from up here , ’ said Simon .
28 As well as creating a design like the one pictured here , you can use the long narrow shape to create an elongated twisting design , rather like a string of entwined S's , or a natural piece of vine creeping along the frame .
29 You can get a long way with three parts and with four you can conquer the world !
30 In an amiable parody of an interview he once heard being given by Sir Adrian Boult , Gould spelt out the attitude to recording of that older generation : roughly , ‘ I do n't mind doing the occasional recording , old boy — not everyone gets to concerts — and we 'll do our best , but I do n't want any ‘ patching ’ , we must keep the long line intact ’ .
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