Example sentences of "[prep] be [art] long [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1	The parties may sometimes want the transfer to be effective from a date before the completion date , particularly if there is likely to be a long delay while consents are sought .
2	But all in all , it seems likely to be a long time before we reach that ‘ Utopian world of RDS ’ for all listeners in cars , at home or on foot !
3	It was to be a long time before any disciples appeared to revitalize the game , and even after Busby , Shankly , Clough and others the cry still goes up ( not always reasonably ) that football is too negative .
4	The idea was to move away from an elitist and centralist view of things , yet it was to be a long time before such changes were implemented in the Government 's media , and it might well be argued that they have not progressed very far to this day .
5	It was to be a long time before I slotted this experience into others to make sense of it all .
6	And it 's going to be a long time before it 's going to be possible , so therefore we still have to use animals , I see no way round it .
7	" It 's going to be a long time before we get another chance , though , is n't it though ? "
8	Because peasants had to pay back the sums of money which the government advanced on their behalf at 6 per cent interest over forty-nine years , it was to be a long time before their freedom was complete .
9	Although … well , it does look as though it 's going to be a long time before they can leave hospital , ’ she added sorrowfully .
10	It was then time for all other mechanical parts to be cleaned , checked for wear , remade where needed and reassembled , which turned out to be a long job as some parts like the track rod ends , king pins and bushes had to be made anew .
11	There used to be a long table and the head used to sit at the end of this table and so to see that you did n't leave off working she used to get the table cloth and always be pulling this table straight .

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