Example sentences of "[pers pn] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes you a long while to realise what a twit you 've been for so long . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're at maximum lean angle now with so much grip that when it does step out it throws you a long way . |
| 3 | I should have been here for you a long time ago . |
| 4 | If you do n't know them it 's going to take you a long time . |
| 5 | ‘ I forgave you a long time ago . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I meant to ask you a long time ago and I forgot to . |
| 7 | Big overlap on , especially on stuff like this about the dynamics erm do n't forget that sort of first sheet I gave you a long time ago about |
| 8 | We know you a long time , right ? |
| 9 | Well I 'm conscious we kept you a long time this time this morning and I certainly do appreciate your attendance and presence . |
| 10 | erm and I think maybe that you , you jumped in should n't have done that er because obviously M Martin got quite defensive at that point you know because you were only going there to do this financial planning service and er selling them anything , you were just offering this financial planning service and then you jumped in with these , when I come back with my recommendations erm tt I also thought that erm you know it was a little bit dodgy actually to say you , well you know erm tt we have found that our records are incorrect and I thought well then that maybe and erm you went ve you went very o when you were talking about the dependants erm you , you you did n't seem to get into er erm how many children have you got and is there any other dependants , it , you , it seemed to take you a long time to actually get there . |
| 11 | Yes , I was just going to say you can do that with , like if you go , it takes you a long time to do it with prospects , they know you over the years , so you can just walk in . |
| 12 | Then , steering the conversation back on course , she said , ‘ Are you saying it took you a long time to get over Jennifer ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Do n't forget who you 're talking to here — I 've known you a long time , remember ? |
| 14 | How long did it take to establish that did it take you a long time to ? |
| 15 | Well Charlotte it 's not easy , it 's gon na take you a long time , but then so |
| 16 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ it 's not too easy to answer without giving you a long lecture on the structure of the body . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Fifteen-foot Pipe — it took me a long rime to psych myself up to it . |
| 18 | She cocked her head on one side and gave me a long scrutiny , almost as though she had never seen me before . |
| 19 | He gave me a long look . |
| 20 | That was the other thing , it took me a long fight to get my eye drops . |
| 21 | It took me a long while to pay it off . |
| 22 | It took me a long while though to realise that was Meg Ryan at the beginning . |
| 23 | It will save me a long journey twice a day to Norton Junction . ’ |
| 24 | Though engrossed in picking his teeth with a match he gave me a long appraising stare before addressing me in rich cockney . |
| 25 | You gave me a long description . ’ |
| 26 | Hee-Haw carried me a long way through this forest . |
| 27 | She gave me a long discourse regarding the horrors of the Middle Ages , concluding by saying , ‘ Then was much misery in Budapest . |
| 28 | Sneha , ( not her real name ) an Asian girl of eighteen living with her family near Birmingham , wrote me a long letter , but with the strict proviso that I did n't ring her at home or try to contact her at all . |
| 29 | It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors . |
| 30 | It will take me a long time to correct & copy , though : when I have done so , of course you shall have it . |