Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Proust is also exceptionally aware I think of a , of the , the , the complex nature of reality , a reality built up in a number of layers , so that his sentences are made even longer than might otherwise have been the case , by the introduction of successive subordinate clauses , in which he seeks to qualify as precisely as possible what he is saying . |
| 2 | But when you 've got a full field to harvest at least you 're getting something but when you 're just going around the edges and picking the bits that are left behind that is a hard job you 're spending as long but you 're not getting as much . |
| 3 | That 's why they 're taking so long over the job specification . ’ |
| 4 | On July 25th , 1908 , the rails forced their way into Denwood , and those who had been waiting so long and patiently considered that the prizes were theirs at last . |
| 5 | For those who love Churchill partly because of his warts and feel they have been waiting too long to hear the case for the prosecution put eloquently and with impeccable soundness , ‘ it is a delight ’ . ’ |
| 6 | Well if he was there and you came along well that 's two people , so it 's not that secluded , okay , so we have to look on the positive side , if at the end of the day you 're going to get to a situation where , okay , you can see that the ordinary erm true blue course of events is just not gon na work , then it 's down to you , you have then got to make up your own mind what you 're going to do for the casualty and your own safety , okay , if somebody had been bleeding that long and you could n't of got help for them , what would your priority now probably be ? |
| 7 | Moreover , even where it has been demonstrated that long tails are costly but are preferred by choosy females , resolving how such preferences have evolved is difficult , particularly if females gain no direct benefits from their choice of mating partners . |
| 8 | Her mother has brought her to Boltwood three times before and the intervals between the illnesses are getting markedly longer . |
| 9 | Some are spending as long as four months in bed and breakfast ‘ hotels ’ while they wait to be re-housed . |
| 10 | It 's 1,000 years old and I have n't been diving that long to make a find like that . |
| 11 | Many people have become paupers after their association with her but the pleasure of her company can only be had as long as one is in possession of riches to bestow on her . ’ |
| 12 | But its real take-off period was the 1870S when the introduction of a new cooling apparatus and the addition of chemical preservatives to the milk enabled it to be transported very long distances while remaining fresh . |
| 13 | Diplomats say western countries are worried , however , that they could be clinging too long to a leader whose domestic support is fading . |
| 14 | She 's got here tremendously fast cos she wo n't be staying that long . |
| 15 | We 'll be hear as long as they want us . |
| 16 | I 'm staying as long as it takes . |
| 17 | ‘ We 'll be doing more long songs , but this time they 'll be long because there 's more to them , not because they 're jammed out … |
| 18 | You know if I start saying something I 'm noticing myself think you know I 'm taking too long to say it . |
| 19 | Erm while I 'm having a look at this although it would n't seem to me to be taking too long to look at this Trevor , what you see on the table over there |
| 20 | Leith yelled , and as fury which she just could not contain spiralled out of control , her right hand arced through the air , and even as she hit him with all her strength , she was still yelling , ‘ Since it seems to be taking so long to sink in , you can bank on it — whoever pays my mortgage , you 're far , far at the back of the queue ! ’ |
| 21 | We sha n't be stopping that long |
| 22 | ‘ I expect she 's been sitting too long in the sun , ’ she said . |
| 23 | What had happened in Amsterdam at the Strickers ' had stunned him — as if he had been standing too long ‘ against a church wall ’ . |
| 24 | They were given immensely long platforms , like their military counterparts , some of the longest in the world , and huge circulation areas to cope with the great press of travellers at significant pilgrimage periods . |
| 25 | strict , straight to the point , the work went on the blackboard , you were given so long to do it , close your book and if you did n't do it you never saw the teacher , but you felt his cane on your knuckles and he knew you were n't doing your work , so you did it . |
| 26 | is the aim , what , I mean somebody came up with the aim , in actual fact , despite whatever else you might be doing , whatever politics were behind it , the aim was to prevent AIDS no matter what you were doing , and not to have any kind of prejudice against what you were doing as long as the aim |
| 27 | In the years which followed , some of his ships ( which belonged to the king personally ) were sold to repay his debts ; others were left so long that they eventually rotted . |
| 28 | The old man , who had been about to start grumbling about being kept so long from his work , blushed with pride and pleasure . |
| 29 | On military issues , for example , detailed discussions on ‘ Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction ’ ( MBFR ) in central Europe were handled by quite separate talks , begun in Vienna in 1973 , which were to prove exceedingly long and complex . |
| 30 | His eyes were hollow , dark rimmed with fatigue and worry ; his skin was unnaturally pale , the skin of a man who has been kept too long from the light . |