perl> $bigScalar = 'the quick brown fox jumps over the laxy dog';;

perl> @lvrefs = map{ 
    eval '\ substr $bigScalar, $_->[0], $_->[1]' 
} [0,3], [4,5], [10,5], [16,3], [20,5], [26,4], [31,3], [35,4], [40,3];;

perl> print $$_ for @lvrefs;;
the
quick
brown
fox
jumps
over
the
laxy
dog