Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] up a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using artificial light to break up a long night into two short ones promotes the flowering of long-day plants and hinders the flowering of short-day ones . |
| 2 | Then the old man picked up a long piece of wood . |
| 3 | The rod , in order to pick up a long length of sunken line , should be a minimum of 11ft long , and a maximum of 12ft or it becomes unwieldy . |
| 4 | JOHN BISHOP rounds up a long , eventful season in South Africa |
| 5 | The Bishop picked up a long thin parchment-knife and balanced it in a vein-streaked , brown-spotted hand . |