Example sentences of "know [prep] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well once I 've got you know once I 've got the shape of the story in my mind I can it down in an hour or so every time you know it 's in long hand , then it takes me hours to type it but er you know the actual once I 've got the idea I I find it necessary to get it all down you know in long hand as quickly as possible . |
| 2 | On the higher slopes of Park Fell overlooking Alum Pot , water bubbles from the peat and takes shape as a stream known as Long Churn Spring , coursing down the hillside through a morass to reach a limestone scar on the 1200-ft contour , where it disappears into Upper Long Churn Cave . |
| 3 | The boys knew from long experience that this was a sign of trouble . |
| 4 | He knew from long experience that a kidnapping usually meant the involvement of the Sardinian shepherds who had , over the past twenty years or so , been steadily leaving their island and bringing their flocks to graze on the hills around Florence . |
| 5 | It seemed unlikely , but Wycliffe knew from long experience that what young people may do in certain circumstances , especially where loyalties are involved is totally unpredictable . |
| 6 | Joshua knew from long experience that ‘ courageous ’ meant deeply unpopular ; he had lived through the poll-tax fiasco . |
| 7 | The food industry knows from long experience that shoppers do n't act rationally . |