Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] a long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The broad branching heads of large , ragged yellow daisies appear over a long period during summer ; a large patch is a magnificent spectacle .
2 The next section between Culver Street and Gigant Street and Guilder Lane and Pennyfarthing Street could have seen little change over a long period .
3 One is that the abuse is part of the way two people communicate over a long period of time .
4 Cut out a long strip of coloured paper and cut a scalloped edge along one side .
5 Benstede pursed his lips and let out a long sigh .
6 She suddenly let out a long sigh and swept her hair from her face .
7 ‘ There is enough to do , ’ he said , and let out a long breath .
8 Folly let out a long breath of relief .
9 To cover the sides of the cake , roll out a long strip of marzipan as long as the circumference of the cake and as wide as its depth ( hint : the circumference of a round cake is three times its diameter ) .
10 Mould a very little black food colouring into some spare fondant to create a light marbled grey effect , and roll out a long strip to place along each side of the road .
11 The CEGB would perhaps be more fully convincing in its argument on fuel diversity if it could show that it had more real commitment to the development and use over a long time scale of renewable-energy technologies .
12 Collective self-help and co-operative ways of tackling problems go back a long way .
13 He and Ockrent go back a long way — to a jointly written screenplay for Paul MacCartney , which ‘ never saw the light of day — a damn shame , because it was a lot better than Broad Street .
14 The assumptions behind this unfortunate word go back a long way .
15 They go back a long way .
16 The roots of his disciplinarianism go back a long way .
17 We go back a long way , me and God , and from his first words I could tell that this was going to be a difficult call .
18 But I hope he will ; we go back a long way .
19 The roots of the UK 's industrial decline go back a long way , certainly more than a century .
20 We go back a long way . ’
21 ‘ Victor and I go back a long way .
22 Such technology is the product of a company with roots that go back a long way in the history of sportswear .
23 Slazenger and sport go back a long way but did you know that they also have a great sports toiletries range ?
24 The arch-rivals go back a long way .
25 We go back a long way , he and I. "
26 Ali and I go back a long way .
27 Mushroom Bookshop and Airlift go back a long way , to the days when both of us attracted unwelcome police attention for some of our more esoteric wares .
28 Yes , Nicole and I go back a long way , and yes , you could say that we 're involved on more than just a superficial level .
29 The two of you go back a long way . ’
30 ‘ I mean that we go back a long way , and yes , there 's a very special relationship between us , but that 's because … ’ another pause , and he raked his fingers through his hair in a helpless , frustrated gesture ‘ … it was her sister I fell in love with all those years ago . ’
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