Example sentences of "it [modal v] be a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While some sufferers will quickly be restored to perfect health , for others it may be a long haul . |
| 2 | But it may be a long time coming ; and , meanwhile , the flow of hopefuls from the south shows no sign of stopping . |
| 3 | ‘ It may be a long time before you get another offer like that ! ’ |
| 4 | Everyone knows that if this time round , there is political instability , it may be a long time before Pakistan gets yet another chance at election . |
| 5 | It must be a long time , he thought , since Dad had travelled this far . |
| 6 | It must be a long time since they were cleaned ; they are very dirty . |
| 7 | It must be a long time since anyone — except the most die-hard old buffer — can have thought them outrageous . |
| 8 | Anyway , off he went to the phone , asking me en route to make sure Clare did n't get too bored waiting , because it might be a long call . |
| 9 | ‘ It might be a long business . ’ |
| 10 | She wished she could think of something to say that would make him trust her , only after her stupid behaviour earlier she thought it might be a long time before he fully believed her . |
| 11 | It 'll be a long day for him wo n't it ? |
| 12 | ‘ It 'll be a long night , with much talk , and we must fortify ourselves beforehand as best we may … ’ |
| 13 | Anyway , we 'll take a cab , it 'll be a long night I expect . |
| 14 | ‘ It 'll be a long job at his age , ’ said his Mum . |
| 15 | It 'll be a long job — ’ |
| 16 | It 'll be a long time before you 'd eat any of those flowers . ’ |
| 17 | It 'll be a long time before the word ‘ mother ’ becomes as dirty a word as he suggested it would . |
| 18 | On Microsoft 's Windows New Technology , the Sun chief told Wall Street last week that he reckoned ‘ it 'll be a long time before information managers start drinking that Kool-Aid . ’ |
| 19 | McNealy-on-NT : the Sun chief told Wall Street last week that he reckoned ‘ it 'll be a long time before information managers start drinking that Kool-Aid . ’ |
| 20 | It 'll be a long time before children 's nurse Peggy Margrave again feels safe in her own home . |
| 21 | It 'll be a long time before children 's nurse Peggy Margrave again feels safe in her own home . |
| 22 | It 'll be a long time before children 's nurse Peggy Margrave again feels safe in her own home . |
| 23 | Oh yeah , oh it 'll be a long mean fought out battle . |
| 24 | It 'll be a long walk , but I 'll get there — all in one piece . ’ |
| 25 | If you get stuck here , it could be a long wait . |
| 26 | Nevertheless it could be a long time before any human decisions acquired sufficient accord to be entered as units of ‘ goodness ’ and assigned to the Created God . |
| 27 | But if it 's something mechanical , like a car , erm stereo equipment , erm a home computer something like that , a washing machine , it could be a long time before a mechanical fault became apparent . |
| 28 | ‘ We want to win for as long as we can because it would be a long way to go for just one game . |
| 29 | I hoped it would be a long story . |
| 30 | I knew , as I watched the miserable small boy with large shadowed eyes clamber into the boat , that it would be a long afternoon . |