Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Well I actually rang them up to say , why why are you taking my wages into consideration , I did n't break up this marriage , I met him a long time afterwards an I was told by a C S A agent or clerk or whatever , that my wedding was nonessential spending .
2 Big overlap on , especially on stuff like this about the dynamics erm do n't forget that sort of first sheet I gave you a long time ago about
3 I wrote him a long note explaining where he was , what had happened and where Mum was .
4 I forgave you a long time ago . ’
5 Hastily she sat down , and was relieved when the tall doctor took a seat safely distant from her own and reached to the table that separated them to pour her a long drink of the invitingly iced fruit juice .
6 Closer to Europe the British set up a blockade of Brest , a step which took them a long way towards war with France , and began looking for allies to protect Hanover against France in the event of a continental war .
7 She handed him the long cane , and flinched when he swished it through the air to produce a vicious , menacing whistle .
8 It 's funny you know , if you give them a long name
9 You gave me a long description . ’
10 You did it a long time before anybody else .
11 Before I left , she gave me a long talk on the re-wiring of her flat and asked if we have old-fashioned fuse-boxes .
12 She gave me a long discourse regarding the horrors of the Middle Ages , concluding by saying , ‘ Then was much misery in Budapest .
13 We know you a long time , right ?
14 We lost ours a long time ago , but some people are still clinging to it , as they would to a piece of wreckage , in the hope that it will remain afloat .
15 Well I 'm conscious we kept you a long time this time this morning and I certainly do appreciate your attendance and presence .
16 Great , they last me a long time
17 I am so angry it takes me a long time to find the words .
18 got a lot of cards and it takes me a long time to do it
19 It takes you a long while to realise what a twit you 've been for so long .
20 Yes , I was just going to say you can do that with , like if you go , it takes you a long time to do it with prospects , they know you over the years , so you can just walk in .
21 How long did it take to establish that did it take you a long time to ?
22 ‘ You 're at maximum lean angle now with so much grip that when it does step out it throws you a long way .
23 He delivered her a long look , then smiled .
24 He took her the long way through the house again , and Belinda tried to orientate herself .
25 It took me a long while to pay it off .
26 It took me a long while though to realise that was Meg Ryan at the beginning .
27 ‘ Fifteen-foot Pipe — it took me a long rime to psych myself up to it .
28 That was the other thing , it took me a long fight to get my eye drops .
29 It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors .
30 It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’
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