Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [pos pn] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That idiot Amanda ’ , Hortensia said , ‘ has let her long hair grow even longer during the hols and her mother has plaited it into pigtails . |
| 2 | A side-effect of this is that if your mail starts showing your long address as opposed to the short address given for your name on the list , the dopey list software rejects it . |
| 3 | The play takes place in the Sussex home of Mrs St Maugham , an encrusted relic of Edwardian values who has lived her long life ‘ without affection ’ . |
| 4 | He likes to swing his long arm near a person 's ear , then create a friction with a thumb and forefinger to produce a cricket effect in the ear . |
| 5 | No Mandy 's got her long sleeve thing on who 's that ? |