Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | A cropped and fitted jacket nips in to show off a neat waist and looks trim with a long line skirt . |
| 2 | Short ofa complete upheaval in popular taste , the Really Useful Company seems assured of a long and lucrative future . |
| 3 | Grown in impoverished conditions , the plant becomes stunted but remains alive for a long time while many small shoots develop to give the appearance of an irregularly worn shaving-brush . |
| 4 | He first meets Pistol , that illegitimate verse-speaker , in a bizarre confrontation ( Henry V , IV.i.35–63 ) , but then becomes involved in a long discussion with soldiers Williams and Bates on the rights and wrongs of war , and the responsibility of the ruler for the death of his people . |
| 5 | The surrounding catchment area at first contributes little but clear run-off , and the lake water remains oligotrophic for a long period . |