Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And I mean a long time ! ’
2 It is my experience that whenever I try to combine shooting and ferreting I wait a long time for the chance of a shot , then there is something else to be done .
3 I think it was Old Harlow or Hoddesdon somewhere I used to go , I know a long way off we had to go because there was n't anything round here was there ?
4 Well I know a long while ago
5 " I know a long time .
6 I think the long term results of this are entirely good , but in the short term there 's going to be major instability , making life possibly quite nasty for everyone .
7 I live a long way out of town . ’
8 Unhappily , such days do not come too often , for I live a long way from Ringwood and it is a very popular river in that area .
9 I live a long way away , actually .
10 Joe and I mean I come a long way and they said he told them I wan na pop in Friday morning before we go He was surprised He said well I were n't surprised , I said but er you know I want a name yeah well , he just said well I ca n't he ca n't fault me on anything .
11 I 've a long way to go when it comes to these explanations .
12 Like asparagus , I take a long time to grow and am easily killed off . ’
13 Robert : I need a long nail to go right through .
14 Although I feel I have a long way to go , I 'm a lot more aware of myself , so whenever I get twinges of pain I adjust accordingly and the pain immediately eases .
15 I have a long reach , remember , and a long memory . ’
16 I have a long standing arrangement to meet Mr Anderson this week .
17 ‘ Well , I have a long memory .
18 The old woman looked at her speculatively , ‘ I have a long memory .
19 I have a long memory , all of it coloured by the past , ’ Jenna said bitterly , and he let her go , his expression disgusted .
20 I have a long day ahead of me tomorrow .
21 Starting early , I traverse the long ridge of hills that separates me from Isafjördur , arriving late in the afternoon .
22 I spend a long time thinking about Marie and some of the things we done together .
23 I spend a long time with the Emergency Bed Service on the neighbour 's phone .
24 No , I mean I , cos I , you know I , i I spend a long time coarse fishing so I understand actual fishing for pleasure as opposed
25 A short continuous crisis , the origins and consequences of which cover a long period , seems to be the double requirement of tragedy and its double relationship to time .
26 Pro Arte brushes have lovely points which last a long time .
27 Sage , rosemary and lavender need no visual description , though it is not always realized that sage has spikes of vividly blue-mauve flowers which last a long time and are highly magnetic to bees .
28 The reader should be aware , however , that recent years have seen the enactment of a number of important statutory forms of liability in particular areas of exceptional risk which go a long way towards avoiding the likelihood of protracted litigation inherent in the ill-defined nature of the rules of strict liability at common law .
29 The regulations , which go a long way towards updating the older health and safety laws , cover a wide range of basic health , safety and welfare issues .
30 Fe climb me family tree yu need a long ladder ,
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