Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] long [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Thompson said butchers would be unhappy if their meat had to travel long distances . |
| 2 | Development of an All Wales Strategy has involved long discussions at county level between social services department personnel , representatives from voluntary organisations , parents and sometimes consumers . |
| 3 | Her father had worked long hours for the convent in his time , he had paid many times over in advance for his child to be housed and educated , had he but known it . |
| 4 | If risk-averse hedgers are going to transfer risks effectively to risk-averse speculators , speculators will on average have to hold long futures positions . |
| 5 | Well her daughter 's got long boots on that has n't she ? |