Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The broad branching heads of large , ragged yellow daisies appear over a long period during summer ; a large patch is a magnificent spectacle . |
| 2 | The next section between Culver Street and Gigant Street and Guilder Lane and Pennyfarthing Street could have seen little change over a long period . |
| 3 | One is that the abuse is part of the way two people communicate over a long period of time . |
| 4 | Cut out a long strip of coloured paper and cut a scalloped edge along one side . |
| 5 | ‘ There is enough to do , ’ he said , and let out a long breath . |
| 6 | Benstede pursed his lips and let out a long sigh . |
| 7 | Lucinda ran her tongue round her suddenly dry lips and let out a long , slow whistle . |
| 8 | Then , satisfied that the French would check their advance till they were certain no picquet line waited in ambush , he stared westwards towards the clouds and let out a long heavy breath . |
| 9 | The Doctor let out a long slow breath , and considered his options , since even if he succeeded in stopping Mait , there was always the risk of someone else finding this place the next time the stars were in the correct alignment . |
| 10 | Folly let out a long breath of relief . |
| 11 | She suddenly let out a long sigh and swept her hair from her face . |
| 12 | To cover the sides of the cake , roll out a long strip of marzipan as long as the circumference of the cake and as wide as its depth ( hint : the circumference of a round cake is three times its diameter ) . |
| 13 | Then roll out a long thin strip of icing , about 5x15cm ( 2x6inches ) , and use to wrap around and cover the ‘ head ’ . |
| 14 | Mould a very little black food colouring into some spare fondant to create a light marbled grey effect , and roll out a long strip to place along each side of the road . |
| 15 | The CEGB would perhaps be more fully convincing in its argument on fuel diversity if it could show that it had more real commitment to the development and use over a long time scale of renewable-energy technologies . |
| 16 | We go up a long , but steepish , slope and pause to catch our breath and share the experience . |
| 17 | Collective self-help and co-operative ways of tackling problems go back a long way . |
| 18 | He and Ockrent go back a long way — to a jointly written screenplay for Paul MacCartney , which ‘ never saw the light of day — a damn shame , because it was a lot better than Broad Street . |
| 19 | The assumptions behind this unfortunate word go back a long way . |
| 20 | They go back a long way . |
| 21 | The roots of his disciplinarianism go back a long way . |
| 22 | We go back a long way , me and God , and from his first words I could tell that this was going to be a difficult call . |
| 23 | But I hope he will ; we go back a long way . |
| 24 | The roots of the UK 's industrial decline go back a long way , certainly more than a century . |
| 25 | We go back a long way . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Victor and I go back a long way . |
| 27 | Such technology is the product of a company with roots that go back a long way in the history of sportswear . |
| 28 | Slazenger and sport go back a long way but did you know that they also have a great sports toiletries range ? |
| 29 | The arch-rivals go back a long way . |
| 30 | We go back a long way , he and I. " |