Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] the long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did he always want to go the long way round . |
| 2 | If banks or outside rescuers are to be involved then they will want to know the long term prospects and objectives so these can not be ignored . |
| 3 | In the example of the paperclip business the purchaser may already have its own metal foundry and surplus premises and will not wish to acquire the long term supply contracts or factory premises . |
| 4 | Melanie thought that at least Uncle Philip could have bought her a sewing machine , so she need not have to stitch the long seams by hand . |
| 5 | Even if he had got the kind of constitution that he wanted , could he have stomached the long period of economic rebuilding — with all its attendant constraints — that lay ahead of France in 1946 ? |
| 6 | Welsh speculates that supernovae , or violently exploding stars , may have created the long tunnel . |
| 7 | ‘ Those sorts of people do n't tend to notice the long hours ! ’ |