Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] [pron] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I started doing it a long time ago |
| 2 | ‘ I meant to ask you a long time ago and I forgot to . |
| 3 | Well you , I mean to say that I 've had mine a long time and you ai n't done much mileage on it . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've known him a long time , ’ Maggie said desperately , knowing quite well that she was being taunted and feeling just a little defenceless . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't forget who you 're talking to here — I 've known you a long time , remember ? |
| 6 | Koo Stark was out there in the powder room and seemed to identify with my predicament ; indeed she promised to procure me a long thin-necked vessel and return . |
| 7 | And I and when you 've had it a long time you |
| 8 | You 've had yours a long t a minute ago cos I 've picked it up for somebody else . |
| 9 | ‘ You 've known her a long while ? ’ |
| 10 | You 've known him a long time ? ’ |
| 11 | Well we 've had it a long time do n't know how long it lasts . |
| 12 | He has driven himself a long way in a short time ( abandoning , for example , the naïve ) ; he will drive on , and we shall have to see how he uses this hardness , emphasis , energy and comprehensiveness , how much more power he has of development . ’ |
| 13 | That 's why it has taken me a long time to say ‘ I do work hard , so I need people to do this kind of stuff ’ . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm a slow learner and it has taken me a long time to get there . |
| 15 | " It has taken me a long time to get here , " said the jubilant Mancunian as he left the press centre to start his celebrations . |
| 16 | erm and I think maybe that you , you jumped in should n't have done that er because obviously M Martin got quite defensive at that point you know because you were only going there to do this financial planning service and er selling them anything , you were just offering this financial planning service and then you jumped in with these , when I come back with my recommendations erm tt I also thought that erm you know it was a little bit dodgy actually to say you , well you know erm tt we have found that our records are incorrect and I thought well then that maybe and erm you went ve you went very o when you were talking about the dependants erm you , you you did n't seem to get into er erm how many children have you got and is there any other dependants , it , you , it seemed to take you a long time to actually get there . |
| 17 | Er a pair of shoes if you bought it had to last you a long long time . |
| 18 | It had taken her a long time to get over that . |
| 19 | It had taken him a long time to adjust himself to this , but now it no longer irritated him , and he felt only pity for his wife . |
| 20 | Ken Stevens loved both his girls and Rachel knew it had taken him a long time to come to terms with Jennifer 's illness ; she doubted he would ever forgive David Markham for walking out on her at such a crucial time . |
| 21 | Well it 's taken me a long time to even be able to give affection . |