Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems to be working … more families are already making the long trip to see husbands and fathers |
| 2 | They 're not getting a long lie . |
| 3 | Erm , I was going to mention , as Rob has done the increase in new complaints , which I think is somewhat welcome erm , we 're still taking a long time from the averages over the last twelve months , I think that 's just reflecting being out some days over the ones you 've been talking about , er , we 're down on actual stage one equipments in the month erm , we 're not quite sure why that is , mm it 's just the way things have panned out . |
| 4 | We 're about to begin the long hike out to the rim . |
| 5 | The shares are still looking a long way ahead . |
| 6 | Less attention should probably be paid to levels than difference effects , as it seems likely that the levels are partly illustrating the long run trends ( largely upward ) in eurobond issuance . |
| 7 | For instance , a workman may be injured by a chip of metal flying off a hammer which had been negligently manufactured a long time before . |
| 8 | I am about to take a long vacation . |
| 9 | Most of the , what has happened I think , over the last two and half years , that I 'm aware of , erm , is basically happening a long time before that , I , I ca n't say yes or no . |
| 10 | With this lot , we 've got A add B , that 's one number , take away A minus B. That 's going to come to A add B , A take away A or A minus A and then take away A minus B , taking away A minus B is the same as adding a B. So the A take away A go out and this comes to two B. Now this is not using a long way , a long way round to do it . |
| 11 | I 'm , I 'm getting there it 's just taking a long while . |
| 12 | it 's just taking a long time . |
| 13 | Well it 's always takes a long time . |
| 14 | St Catherine 's Dock was busy as a Hogarth etching and smelt as if something should have been quietly buried a long time ago . |
| 15 | Great Yarmouth was successfully awarded a long term contract with Shell Expro , while Falkirk and Milford Haven increased their market share in support of the onshore petro-chemical industry . |
| 16 | He was only spared a long jail term when 24-year-old Lynn agreed to drop assault charges providing he went into therapy . |
| 17 | It was not to have a long future , although Mary summoned it late in 1553 to announce her proposed marriage to Philip of Castile . |