Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | they they get an allowance for somebody to clean and if they 've got a cleaner , I mean , they should have sacked them a long while ago ! |
| 2 | ‘ Well , you should have done it a long time ago ; you need a rest . ’ |
| 3 | You 've had yours a long t a minute ago cos I 've picked it up for somebody else . |
| 4 | He 's just he 's just got one a long way out though right looks as though we 've either just missed one and they Oh no they are just coming are n't they ? just missed one there |
| 5 | And I and when you 've had it a long time you |
| 6 | Well we 've had it a long time do n't know how long it lasts . |
| 7 | Well you , I mean to say that I 've had mine a long time and you ai n't done much mileage on it . |
| 8 | He has driven himself a long way in a short time ( abandoning , for example , the naïve ) ; he will drive on , and we shall have to see how he uses this hardness , emphasis , energy and comprehensiveness , how much more power he has of development . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't forget who you 're talking to here — I 've known you a long time , remember ? |
| 10 | ‘ You 've known her a long while ? ’ |
| 11 | You 've known him a long time ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 've known him a long time , ’ Maggie said desperately , knowing quite well that she was being taunted and feeling just a little defenceless . |
| 13 | The soldiers had found it a long and tiring period . |
| 14 | Likewise Jacob , his father , had given him a long robe with sleeves , for he ‘ loved Joseph more than any other of his children ’ ( Gen. 37:3 ) . |
| 15 | Had a car not followed her a long way along the Bayswater Road when she was coming to meet Urquhart ? |
| 16 | That 's why it has taken me a long time to say ‘ I do work hard , so I need people to do this kind of stuff ’ . ’ |
| 17 | I 'm a slow learner and it has taken me a long time to get there . |
| 18 | It may have taken me a long time to find out about him . |
| 19 | " It has taken me a long time to get here , " said the jubilant Mancunian as he left the press centre to start his celebrations . |
| 20 | Well it 's taken me a long time to even be able to give affection . |
| 21 | Ernest Jarvis did what he had to do elaborately , and it must have taken him a long time . |
| 22 | It had taken him a long time to adjust himself to this , but now it no longer irritated him , and he felt only pity for his wife . |
| 23 | Ken Stevens loved both his girls and Rachel knew it had taken him a long time to come to terms with Jennifer 's illness ; she doubted he would ever forgive David Markham for walking out on her at such a crucial time . |
| 24 | It had taken her a long time to get over that . |
| 25 | This view of acting behaviour as no more than role function has taken us a long time to understand . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , the Consul-General at Florence , Mr Wakefield-Harrey , whom I had first met in Tripoli , stayed with in Florence and met once more in Rome for the Chamberlain-Mussolini talks , had sent me a long Miltonic poem ( for these slightly underemployed officials in remote places often took to authorship as an alternative to the bottle ) about which he begged me to seek Eliot 's opinion . |
| 27 | These flowers have lasted me a long time cos Ruth gave them to me on my birthday last month . |