Example sentences of "[pron] be a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was a long time because everyone was gassing in the shop . |
| 2 | Sorry I was a long time I did n't |
| 3 | Which is a long time to go without It . |
| 4 | I suppose , after all , I 've had it since ‘ 66 , so I 've been well known for 26 years , which is a long time , and I do n't get anything much out of it any more . ’ |
| 5 | My father had a and he said it would be forty seven , say it would likely be forty seven , but that 's forty seven is two year eight month away , which is a long time for me to keep it going . |
| 6 | Which was a long time ago . |
| 7 | He may yet tour India next winter , for there is a three-month break before the challenge of a calmer series against swing and spin — ‘ You are a long time retired , ’ he says impishly . |
| 8 | He may yet tour India next winter , for there is a three-month break before the challenge of a calmer series against swing and spin — ‘ You are a long time retired , ’ he says impishly . |
| 9 | Campese , who hopes to face the Barbarians at Twickenham on Saturday , is more direct , saying : ‘ I play because I enjoy it and as long as I am enjoying my rugby and I am wanted — well , you are a long time retired . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ After all … you 're a long time retired ’ , he says . |
| 11 | With a first baby you 're a long time , especially with my build . |
| 12 | Webb , 28 , who played for Northern until his medical studies took him to the west country , said : ‘ You 're a long time retired . |
| 13 | Cor you 're a long time coming back from the Rose and Crown , do n't forget that 's where we were |
| 14 | ‘ You were a long time coming to bed . ’ |
| 15 | She was a long time in answering . |
| 16 | ‘ That last one were a long time before your time , Tom . |
| 17 | There is a long time until anyone has to think about Christmas shopping . |
| 18 | The intuition behind this result is that , when there is a long time to the delivery date , there is still much time for new information to affect the delivery price , and therefore any single piece of information is relatively unimportant . |
| 19 | The method can work if there is a long time for the change-over , if both channels can be kept open and if it does not matter that the two systems are being used haphazardly . |
| 20 | The current yield is therefore only really useful when there is a long time to maturity , in which case the capital gain or loss element will be small . |
| 21 | There was a long time — several lifetimes — when the only sound was the clatter of the rain against the window , then Vitor walked to the cot . |
| 22 | So when we say we want the laws of physics perhaps to stay constant in time , when we observe these objects a long way away we 're observing the laws of physics as they were a long time ago . |
| 23 | It 's a long time since we did that . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's a long time since I was that — if I ever was . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It 's a long time since anyone brought me flowers , ’ he smiled apologetically . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's a long time since I had any of those . ’ |
| 27 | It 's a long time till then , ’ a distraught Mrs Lawler answered . |
| 28 | As you wander along the ridge , it 's a long time before you lose sight of its neat white contours , and if you take a strong pair of binoculars on your walk , you can keep an eye on how the housemaid is turning your bed down . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , it 's a long time , I admit . |
| 30 | ‘ Well it 's a long time since dinner . |