Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | and then they informed me that it was out of stock so I wrote them rather a a polite letter saying that it took them a long to realize it was out of stock when it had been ordered in March and erm I thought their communi communicative system in their office was er non existent . |
| 2 | We spent the morning raking gently , and he told me a long and obscene story about a girl called Tina Jelly from Aldershot . |
| 3 | One set of typefaces that I like there are on the slightly goofy side are the Goudys erm and it took me a long time of , your know , hearing purists try to explain to me why before I understood the distinction . |
| 4 | It was difficult for her to breathe , and it took her a long time to climb the stairs . |
| 5 | As soon as she 'd gone , Flavia Sherman began to fumble with the buckle of her belt ; but her hands shook uncontrollably and it took her a long time to undress . |
| 6 | And it took us a long long time to try and get back where we were . |
| 7 | She went very rapidly indeed but she knew what a long morning it would seem to her mother lying there alone unable to move . |
| 8 | It took them I ca n't remember how many hours but it took them a long time . |
| 9 | But it took us a long time to actually get to that stage because er , the police are at fault , the police launch these schemes and they go away and say get on with it and off we go |
| 10 | THE drivers who moaned about the parking problems at the Genesis concert at Knebworth because it took them a long time to get out make me mad . |