Example sentences of "[conj] [be] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | well that were a long time ago , they 've got some from down here , Edinburgh Road , you got one from Edinburgh Road |
| 2 | Thirty seconds is to produce a film that 's a long time we did talk about seven second slots as well |
| 3 | I 'm afraid that 's a long way from the truth . ’ |
| 4 | Is that the one that 's a long distance lorry driver oh |
| 5 | Bloody hell that 's a long day . |
| 6 | Oh we used to hole underneath the coal and er and then er Oh oh we used to have a ringer That was a long steel ringer that you could put behind the slines in the slines and lever the coal off you see ? |
| 7 | In the era of austerity , consolidating the welfare state had required strong political backing , something that was a long time in coming until depression and war eventually mobilised these forces . |
| 8 | Mr that was a long quotation , can you submit |
| 9 | Sorry that was a long and complicated version to your question . |
| 10 | Even the lower level route climbs above 2,500ft and is a long march through a wild empty mountain landscape . |
| 11 | Mitjorn beach is home to a couple of hotels and hostels and is a long , lazy affair of white soft sand . |
| 12 | Spruce needles certainly take longer to decay than some other leaves , releasing humic acid over a longer period but at a slower rate , but being a long standing constituent of the northern latitudes coniferous belt , spruce ( Picea ) is quite compatible with lakes well stocked with fish . |
| 13 | I had reached the 11th but was a long way off the green . |
| 14 | Maggie went back to bed but was a long time awake . |