Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] over [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , as has been shown , neither English nor humane education were simply " there " , but had been laboriously constructed over a long period . |
| 2 | Shoulder-length blond hair , embroidered cheese-cloth shirt , single strand of beads — I mean , beads but tasteful — a sensual hint of hash and patchouli , and midnight blue denims stretched taut then flaring over the longest , leanest bass-guitarist 's thighs in Glasgow . |
| 3 | A stiff breeze on the outward leg made it hard going over the longer half of the race , resulting in slower times . |
| 4 | There 's really no chance of getting bitten if your ferrets have been properly handled over a long period and are never scared . |
| 5 | This technique was highly dangerous and required the skills that Cheshire had certainly acquired over a long period , but was equally within Gibson 's exceptional abilities . |