Example sentences of "long [subord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It 's taken me 10 years to grow them this long so I do n't like hiding them completely under a hat . ’ |
2 | It does n't take long once you 've left town before you 're walking along the cliff-path with spectacular views . |
3 | Wo n't take me long once I get going its just the getting going bit busy day tomorrow have n't we ? |
4 | How long until we review how much movement has occurred ? ’ ( verified note of meeting ) |
5 | I am sure it will not be long until they get their seat back . ’ |
6 | Good words do not last long until they amount to something … |
7 | The iceberg was 155 km long until it broke up last year . |
8 | He might be hangin' on , but it wo n't be fer long if we do n't git ‘ im to Dawson County Hospital PDQ . |
9 | ‘ We would not have stayed with this product so long if we did not believe there was potential to make at least £20 million annual profit from it , ’ Shaw says . |
10 | But A&R people do not stay A&R people for very long if they do n't have an eye on both money and art simultaneously . |
11 | I recall the gist of it implied that they could n't sit there sunbathing too long if they wanted to get through all seven tops . |
12 | Rhoda said Wendy would n't keep Ken long if she went on being so bossy . |
13 | ‘ Nor have you wanted them from me , You 'd never have stayed around so long if I 'd pushed you about . ’ |
14 | You wo n't be long if you do not wish . ’ |
15 | He he wo n't be there long if he does come . |
16 | He could fly all day long and all night long if he wanted , but I wanted him to get 100 hours at night and I felt that despite his enthusiasm I would like to he shot of him for a period . |
17 | I did n't mean to stay that long cos I had a lot to do . |
18 | I do n't think it 's gon na last her long cos she pulls at it . |
19 | By canne , which could mean ‘ cane ’ in the English senses of a hollow reed or a light walking-stick , Antoine implies something rather long unless he uses the word wholly jokingly . |
20 | Well he wo n't be long unless he sees anybody to talk to . |
21 | ‘ I know you mean well , love , ’ he wrote , ‘ but Maureen and Chris have managed for so long because they have kept it so low key . |
22 | They should n't be worn all day long because they do n't provide the support young feet need . |
23 | I think that 's why the play has survived so long because it has this peculiar charm . ’ |
24 | But I wo n't be off for long because I 've to follow Marcus . ’ |
25 | But do n't 'ang about too long because I 've 'ad that Nottingham Forest on the blower . |
26 | They do n't , once they 're empty they do n't take long till they sell it over there and there |
27 | There was a time Clan Gillian could put two hundred galleys to the water , but that time is past , and it may be long till it comes again . |
28 | How long till I get like her ? |
29 | So you should , it 's not that long since we 've oh is it two years we 've moved ? |
30 | It 's not so long since we learned the link between eating certain ‘ E ’ numbers and the behaviour of highly disruptive children . |