Example sentences of "[pron] 's a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's dizzy , she 's a long way off . |
| 2 | She 's a long way away . |
| 3 | She 's a long way from any source of supply and if there 's something that has to be specially made , or is too bulky to fly out — a new engine , for instance … ’ |
| 4 | It 's like everything 's a long way away , and everything 's real big and unreal looking . |
| 5 | There 's a long journey coming up . |
| 6 | Now there 's a long word for you . |
| 7 | There 's a long waiting list and those who get there have to run a gauntlet , which not all survive . |
| 8 | There 's a long bit of ash on the end of her fag , and when she talks it falls off onto the chickens . |
| 9 | There 's a long pause and she looks confused . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ( Recovering them is a matter of great urgency ; and a start has been made , but there 's a long way to go — especially with Upward , whom oblivion has enveloped with a completeness that is startling and significant . ) |
| 12 | The early signs are encouraging — but there 's a long way to go . |
| 13 | ‘ I have just got it confirmed , but these things take time , and there 's a long way to go yet . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm not getting into a fight over some silly little first-year whether she 's your sister or not , and if you 'll excuse me , this porridge is bad enough hot , but cold it 's inedible and there 's a long way to go till lunchtime . ’ |
| 15 | We are sitting in a good position now but there 's a long way to go . |
| 16 | ‘ There 's a long way to go before we break down the ‘ them up at Salisbury attitude ’ |
| 17 | There 's a long way to go before it sounds natural . ’ |
| 18 | When are we gon na have rules revisions , there 's a long way to go and as the , the er General Secretary said , be careful , because I 've been to talks with , on , from the Regional Committee with the T & G yes we got on lovely with them , they 're fine , they , they gave us a nice big er commemorative medal of the dockers ' strike and it 's got my granddad and my great granddad on it cos they was there in the other union mind you while we 've done all the striking and that they stood by , but nevertheless they 're not bad lads anyway and as John said we must be careful that we are not the ones that are gon na be taken over , because I remember that old song of the fifties , never smile at a crocodile |
| 19 | ‘ Buck thinks he has it in the bag , but there 's a long way to go yet . ’ |
| 20 | There 's a long way to go because many of these companies that we 've mentioned are gon na fight fierce competition from Europe and we need to assist them . |
| 21 | But there 's a long way to go . |
| 22 | Police say this year overall car crime 's on the wane in the county … but they admit there 's a long way to go |
| 23 | There 's a long way to go yet . |
| 24 | I still think there 's a long way to go and there 's a very , very variable standard if you take motorway service areas . |
| 25 | There 's a long way to go yet before full-scale resource management comes into the health service in Oxford . |
| 26 | It 's certainly better than nothing , indeed it is yes , but there 's a long way to go . |
| 27 | But there 's a long way to go yet ; U N observers were in Cambodia earlier this year , but without unanimous support , they achieved very little . |
| 28 | I got on my bike and went back to the house a bit recklessly , shooting through puddles on the path and taking the Jump — a bit on the path where there 's a long downhill on a dune and then a short uphill where it 's easy to leave the ground — at a good forty kilometres per hour , landing with a muddy thump that nearly had me in the whin bushes and left me with a very sore bum , making me want to keep opening my mouth with the feeling of it . |
| 29 | And then er , there 's a long line of changing jobs and eventually I came to Dudley . |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , it 's a pot I 've been down many times — not the easiest ; apart from a fifty-foot pitch we 'll have to haul him up , there 's a long sump we 'll have to bring the injured man back through which could be tricky if he 's unconscious or uncooperative . |