Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did n't stay long and they were very polite . |
| 2 | Did n't stay long but I expect they 'll be back . |
| 3 | and he did n't stay long and he did n't , he , he did look terrible , he did really |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sorry I could n't stay longer but it was getting rather boring . ’ |
| 5 | If you have short windows and do n't want long curtains , use blinds . |
| 6 | Although a protein is a chain of amino acids , most of them do n't remain long and stringy . |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't wait long to have you warm and clinging in my arms — and mine ! ’ |
| 8 | Children under about 14 do n't enjoy long day cruises , so we recommend they join dinghy holidays with good local sailing options ; Porto Heli , Nidri or Cannigione are best . |
| 9 | Do n't base long term decisions on how you feel Tuesday for passing fads and fancies give you a false impression of what you want to achieve in times to come . |
| 10 | presumably those horses do n't do long spells of that sort |
| 11 | My son , who 's in his teens , ca n't do long division , simply because he was n't paying attention , presumably , at school , and he 's always used a calculator since . |
| 12 | Do n't use long words or flowery sentences . |
| 13 | Erm , I do n't like long titles , and er , and erm , and I am wary also of the public protection words because I think they do infer , as , as was stated quite clearly at personnel , they do infer that the Chief Fire Officer 's somewhere in there as well , and he is n't . |
| 14 | I do n't like Long haired spaniels . |
| 15 | Margarita Georgiou brought her wedding day forward after cancer victim Nick was told by doctors he did n't have long to live . |
| 16 | I went home feeling miserable and ashamed for being such a fool but I did n't have long to indulge my self-pity , for when I entered our house I found my brother Jack and Mum quarrelling loudly . |
| 17 | I did n't have long to wait for my first recovery , because the next day a kid arrived at the house carrying the ghastly yellow-coated corpse of a starling . |
| 18 | Helmut Bradl has yet to win his first GP but he surely does n't have long to wait . |
| 19 | She would n't have long to wait . |
| 20 | He did n't have long to wait because Newley was a man of habit and arrived at the office at much the same time , day after day . |
| 21 | If I did n't have long hair , everyone would think I was a boy . |
| 22 | She did n't have long to wait for illumination as he moved swiftly to front her , grabbing her roughly by the shoulders , holding her firmly as if he suspected she was about to take flight . |
| 23 | We did n't have long to wait . |
| 24 | Well , they would n't have long to wait , now , but they had a surprise or two to come . |
| 25 | The visitors did n't have long to wait for the opening goal . |
| 26 | He did n't tell long stories like Patsy did , or wistful tales like Dekko Moore about the time he made harnesses for the Lords of the Soil somewhere down in Meath . |
| 27 | ‘ Or is it that it does n't seem long ? he continued bitterly , knowing the futility of carping , but being unable to stop it . |
| 28 | We are disappointed they did n't get longer but at least they are out of the way for a while . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm afraid so , but it probably did n't last long and he may not have cried out . |