Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [verb] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had booked a sleeper from Paris in terms of time — " I ca n't sit up all night " — not distance " I am going a long way south . " |
| 2 | I 'm writing a long article about the horrors of the diet and exercise industry . ’ ) |
| 3 | While researching my article , I was given a long briefing at Falkland House in London , by a Falkland Islands councillor nominated by the Islands ' London representative . |
| 4 | I was taking a long time ! |
| 5 | Ooh I was taken a long time ago . |
| 6 | There I was to have a long conversation with young Middleton , to whom I took a great shine , and was very impressed with him as a person and indeed his crew . |
| 7 | I was wondering a long time . |
| 8 | These are excellent if you are considering a long stay of two or three months . |
| 9 | Addition : Suppose you are given a long column of figures to add . |
| 10 | Unless you are spending a long time somewhere I suggest you simply turn up at a crag and scrounge a look at someone else 's . |
| 11 | Yes I I I would accept that as a general point yes that that that that that that the greater number of years , the more likely you are to get a long term trend . |
| 12 | You would be wise to phone ahead , especially if you are coming a long way , to check opening times because they vary from time to time . |
| 13 | And if you 're building a long flight , it can always be broken up with separate landings , either where the flight changes direction , or just for a change of pace . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're taking a long chance , sitting there and making with all this stuff . |
| 15 | Well when you 're driving along you 're looking a long way ahead that 's why and anything that comes in the road you see it Oh I hope whoever was involved in that accident tonight was alright . |
| 16 | You ca n't park , a big car 's an advantage if you 're going a long way |
| 17 | • If you 're travelling a long way to buy fish , it 's worth asking for them to be bagged separately and , if they are freshwater fish , take a handful of zeolite with your , which the assistant can then drop into the bottom of the bag to help prevent ammonia problems during the journey . |
| 18 | Whereas if it got torn in the hand painted days then you 're talking a long length of time . |
| 19 | ‘ With Lime Grove then , if you were planning a long shot from any particular place you had to be sure the camera could physically get to that exact spot to take it . |
| 20 | ‘ She 's taken a long time to throw off the illness and is still not fully fit , ’ said Sheppard 's Milngavie and Bearsden coach , Alex McNeil . |
| 21 | She is planning a long holiday in Egypt and America and there has been talk of her working on a new ITV soap called Routes . |
| 22 | She was wearing a long dress , torn and wet , with a tight bodice … |
| 23 | She was taking a long time to come to the attempt on Marek 's life that morning . |
| 24 | At about ten-thirty when she was running a long bath , Emma knocked on the door . |
| 25 | ‘ I think that we are getting a long way from the subject , ’ he said . |
| 26 | Th th that we er we , we are moving a long way away from this egalitarian position , we 've abandoned that and we 've said right we , we are |
| 27 | ‘ We were given a long account of tritium generation at Mount Mauna Loa and all that and then ‘ by the way here is the neutron spectrum ’ . |
| 28 | 2.9 If on one or more occasion the carrying out of the Works is delayed in consequence of any circumstance beyond the control of the Landlord which the Landlord could not [ reasonably ] have prevented or avoided then on each such occasion the Landlord shall be allowed such extension of time for carrying out the Works as may be certified by the Architect as being reasonable having regard to the delay in question and the date by which the Landlord is required to carry out the Works as provided in clause 2.8 shall be postponed accordingly The problem here is the uncertainty from the tenant 's point of view , hence the suggestion that there be inserted a long stop date ( see clause 2.8 ) . |
| 29 | They will say that they do n't have the courage to stay emotionally alive , particularly if they are serving a long sentence . |
| 30 | Oh they 're taking a long time to get these last two runs are n't they ? |