Example sentences of "[pron] [be] not a long " in BNC.

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1 Such connections are occasionally recognised in orthodox medicine where there is not a long time delay between one complaint developing and the next , though the significance of the link between diseases is frequently missed .
2 But on the trail Sheila rides there is n't a long horn or rattler in sight .
3 It 's not a long course , but it will examine every aspect of technique with every club in the bag .
4 It 's not a long story .
5 It 's not a , it 's not a long journey either from Queensbury to Morecambe is it ?
6 It is not a long — term strategy upon which Europe can depend .
7 It was n't a long road .
8 It was n't a long courtship .
9 It was n't a long vigil .
10 It was n't a long wait .
11 Cathy had been assigned a tutor , she used to take her daughter along to a little school ( not her previous school ) and have lessons there in the staffroom : I never liked school before but I liked this as it was only half-past nine till half-past twelve so it was n't a long day and I could take Rebecca with me .
12 It was not a long journey and as the sun was shining it was a very pleasant one .
13 It was not a long letter , written in an old-fashioned copperplate hand .
14 It was not a long telephone call .
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