Example sentences of "[pron] 's a long story " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a consequence of which well we went to Egypt and the Sudan this business , we came back and er the b the the foreman 's brother he ne he never liked me ever this forema when I were a kid you know , he never liked me at all , I never got on with him and and er mind you there 's a long story about that but it 's a silly little thing that er that I really upset him with . |
| 2 | ‘ Tell you about it at dinner-time , it 's a long story , ’ I said . |
| 3 | It 's a long story … |
| 4 | It 's a long story . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It 's a long story , ’ said Nicholas . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh dear , ’ said Mildred , ‘ it 's a long story . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a long story , ’ said Joe , ‘ with a different ending from yours . |
| 8 | I 'd better start at the beginning , and it 's a long story . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , it 's a long story . |
| 10 | It 's a long story but it 's true , sure as I sit 'ere . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's a long story , Mike . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's a long story , ’ he replied , ‘ that began in the past , or perhaps the future . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's a long story . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's a long story . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It 's a long story and one I ca n't tell you in the street . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's a long story — ‘ ' |
| 17 | ‘ It 's a long story but — ‘ ' Pause . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's a long story . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd explain , but it 's a long story , and I know you 're busy . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's a long story , Josh , ’ she said at last . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's a long story , and it 's not really important . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's a long story . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's a long story and I do n't think I can bear to tell it again just now . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's a long story , which Ellis extracted from Gooseneck this morning . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's a long story . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , it 's a long story . |
| 27 | Yeah but it 's a long story behind that . |
| 28 | It 's a long story . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It 's a long story , but basically I thought they 'd get on together . |
| 30 | It 's a long story , |