Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] 's a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | So it 's a long way up then ? |
2 | but they do n't arrive there until erm Sunday night , so it 's a long time on the coach |
3 | It 's not like it 's a long way . |
4 | Now there 's a long word for you . |
5 | Now it 's a long time since I went by tube , and there 's not much you can do in the carriages except keep a handkerchief over your nose , but a useful tip is never to put your hand on the rail beside the moving staircase . |
6 | Well it 's a long way , no it is n't when you come the you go you can go from here up |
7 | Yeah , well it 's a long way ? |
8 | ‘ Well it 's a long time since dinner . |
9 | And he said well it 's a long time since you had the accident . |
10 | I got on my bike and went back to the house a bit recklessly , shooting through puddles on the path and taking the Jump — a bit on the path where there 's a long downhill on a dune and then a short uphill where it 's easy to leave the ground — at a good forty kilometres per hour , landing with a muddy thump that nearly had me in the whin bushes and left me with a very sore bum , making me want to keep opening my mouth with the feeling of it . |
11 | Er I 've qualified er people over the phone where it 's a long distance . |