Example sentences of "they a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly in principle , and also in fact , the gene reaches out through the individual body wall and manipulates objects in the world outside , some of them inanimate , some of them other living beings , some of them a long way away . |
| 2 | The same thing happens with Pele 's tears ; they draw off behind them a long hair-like tail of glass , which may be a metre or more long . |
| 3 | But it also seemed that the Treasury had wanted to forget about the competition , as three days later Hall sent them a long and detailed reminder about its progress . |
| 4 | However , it took them a long time to see an ally in the Poles . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 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 | All this in a foreign country , for them a long way from home to go back and consult . |
| 8 | We wish them a long , healthy and happy retirement . |
| 9 | We wish them a long , healthy and happy retirement . |
| 10 | We wish them a long , healthy and happy retirement . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't mind seeing them a long way off , ’ said the worried lady nome . |
| 12 | I should like to thank Edward and Peter for their years of service to the Diocese and to wish them a long and happy retirement . |
| 13 | ‘ That lumbar puncture seems to be taking them a long time . ’ |
| 14 | it took them a long time to begin with when he started . |
| 15 | It took them I ca n't remember how many hours but it took them a long time . |
| 16 | they they get an allowance for somebody to clean and if they 've got a cleaner , I mean , they should have sacked them a long while ago ! |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | enabled them to buy their Council houses , at er cheaper rate because they 've lived in them a long time and its , its given a lot of people more independence , unemployment would of happened who ever was in power |
| 19 | It 's funny you know , if you give them a long name |