Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] a long [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized a long time ago why you were so set on Charlie and me marrying , and I 'm very fond of him , and I 'd like to go on living at Lady Mead for the rest of my life . |
| 2 | Well I know a long while ago |
| 3 | I knew a long time ago it was n't right when he wanted to … . ’ |
| 4 | I live a long way away , actually . |
| 5 | I had a long talk once with the very bright lady who accompanied him in his early days , a lady of charm and accomplishment and infinitely more mature than Niki was . |
| 6 | I wrote a long time ago to his Department and asked it to move against him and the Department failed to do so . |
| 7 | ‘ I have a long day ahead of me tomorrow . |
| 8 | ‘ Sorry to get you here so early , ’ he said , ‘ but Angela 's death means we have to reorganize the entire workload , and I wanted a longer meeting today . |
| 9 | Good do you remember a long time ago doing factor trees and I gave you three sixty to do ? |
| 10 | ‘ She died a long time ago . |
| 11 | She felt a long way away from him , and superior , also . |
| 12 | The ‘ celebratory drink ’ fast developed into a full-scale party , but Shannon managed to make her excuses and leave , knowing she had a long drive ahead of her . |
| 13 | If you need a long term home we will help you to find somewhere where the costs can be met by the Department . |
| 14 | I thought that was a lesson we learnt a long time ago ! ’ |
| 15 | We 've a long day ahead of us tomorrow , ’ Travis agreed , but there was something in his voice that alerted Paige to the fact that he had more to say , and that it was n't particularly good news . |
| 16 | I know that we 've a long way today er to go today but would you just bear that in mind colleagues . |
| 17 | We arrived back at about seven pm , had our evening meal and then got an early night because we had a long day ahead of us . |
| 18 | Some of them you remember the table we had a long time ago showing the reactivity of different elements , particularly the metals when we were looking at metals . |
| 19 | You know , we had a long time really just to kind of toss out . |
| 20 | ‘ You ladies take far too long over your drinks , and we have a long drive ahead of us . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We have a long ride ahead of us tomorrow . |
| 22 | They lived a long way away , but they decided to take a weeks holiday in Cornwall and decided to see Daryl in the middle of it . |
| 23 | Some pact they made a long time ago . ’ |
| 24 | I could hear him whistling a long way behind . |
| 25 | Her nephew , Tim , was Miss Miggs 's only relative , and he lived a long way away up in the North . |
| 26 | Of the two Opens Sandy never looked like winning until the end ; Seve had it won a long way away . |
| 27 | The nation-state is inevitably becoming weaker as power goes both up to Europe and down to regions and districts , but it has a long life yet , and the British people have many uses for it . |
| 28 | He 's given me a few jokes but only ones he used a long time ago ! ’ |
| 29 | it seemed a long way away |
| 30 | It seemed a long way away and he focused his mind with an effort . |