Example sentences of "long [adv] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( At that time the lesbians involved in the organizations of the conferences had all long since made positive decisions to be child-free . ) |
| 2 | Stand the tin of syrup in hot water just long enough to make the syrup thin , runny and warm — not hot . |
| 3 | I could not bring myself to suggest that she was not likely to live much longer , certainly not long enough to make either course imprudent . |
| 4 | The logs in the basket were rarely burned ; he was suspicious of comfort , and was never in the Palace long enough to make lighting a fire worthwhile . |
| 5 | They can resist temptation long enough to make decisions based on good sense . |
| 6 | Furthermore , in order to organise yourself for leisure , you need to be reasonably sure , and to accept the fact that you will be unemployed long enough to make organising something worthwhile . |
| 7 | Except of course … ’ she broke off to toss back the rest of the whisky and set the tumbler down on Hugo 's desk , ‘ except of course that I do n't suppose I shall be here long enough to make the adjustment . ’ |
| 8 | Can they interrupt David Mellor 's musings on the later Toscanini long enough to make him listen ? |
| 9 | Khrushchev appeared in Paris long enough to make an angry denunciation of American policy and then withdrew , leaving an embarrassed Eisenhower to return home , empty-handed . |
| 10 | She saw Defries , and paused long enough to make a curious gesture : a closed fist , and the thumb sticking upwards . |
| 11 | When I examined the differences between success and failure in change projects or development efforts , I found that one major difference was simply time — staying with it long enough to make it work . |
| 12 | At least long enough to make a statement . |
| 13 | Theodora had spread out the Ordnance Survey and fended off Tobias long enough to make out a route . |
| 14 | He paused just long enough to make me feel uncomfortable , then said : ‘ Very well . ’ |
| 15 | The companies say that if they are not allowed to produce HCFCs and HFCs for long enough to make a return on their investment , users will face a crisis when CFC manufacturing comes to a halt in the late 1990s . |
| 16 | However , none of the studies have gone on long enough to make reliable predictions . |
| 17 | The illusion had lasted long enough to make her accept his invitation to spend a few days away as a reward for all her hard work at the shop . |
| 18 | Hovering long enough to make sure it was n't for her , she left him talking in clipped , terse monosyllables and slipped away quietly to her bedroom , trying to suppress her curiosity about the caller . |
| 19 | Here is an extract from such a letter , written in 1863 by Charlie Thomson , who had gone to Australia not long before to make his fortune : |
| 20 | Now 37 , Jeff Koons long ago made enough money from his art never to need to work again . |
| 21 | And no doubt because that is where the railway was long ago made to go , other uglinesses too have intruded between Pau and the Pyrenees , on the far bank of the Gave . |