Example sentences of "[conj] it [be] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , utilizing , except it 's a long drag for people , but , but , you |
| 2 | Yeah , but they 're also forgetting as well it is n't just the maintenance that it 's a long term commitment to paying |
| 3 | One would imagine that it is a long , long way from the Church to Soho . |
| 4 | He admitted modestly that it was a long time since he had been at school , but one phrase he had understood was ‘ Vive la link box ! ’ . |
| 5 | Tom read just enough of it to see that it was a long way from West Hampstead and no one he knew had been killed or injured . |
| 6 | The Yasa was made when your grandsire and mine both thought that it was a long way from Kinsai to the Eastern Sea , ’ he growled . |
| 7 | I received an answer , but I am afraid that it was a long catalogue of half-measures and good intentions . |
| 8 | Luke , even though his order of material is basically the same as Mark , tries to give the impression that it was a longer period of time ( see Luke 19:47 ; 20:1 ; 21:38 ; 22:1 , 7 ) . |
| 9 | He had keen eyes and quick hands , so it was a long time before he got caught . |
| 10 | I 'd better start at the beginning , and it 's a long story . ’ |
| 11 | And it 's a long way away . |
| 12 | And it 's a long way to where we came in . |
| 13 | And it 's a long time ago — ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I fancy it very much , ’ she said , and checked her watch , ‘ but it 's well past three and it 's a long drive to Lisbon , so should n't you make a start ? ’ |
| 15 | And it 's a long term promotion . |
| 16 | and it 's a long day and then you 'd have to come back and your day 's far from over . |
| 17 | And I thought I do n't know how she manages to back that down , but she does , and it 's a long drive like that int it ? |
| 18 | I do n't know when we went on the coach to Mannock Farm Camp Site erm you know , and it 's a long old haul ! |
| 19 | Had a very , very good over from Bill Tufnell there , it 's always a bit tricky when you come on to bowl and it 's turning and it 's a long day ahead and you , you 're expected to get hissed and you expect to get hissed , and you can get very impatient when they do n't come , but he 's got one now , he 's got , now he 's bowled well all morning now , he 's bowled almost for an hour , but he 's got that one wicket and he , that over was full of confidence , he tossed one up , misjudged the length and got into a bit of a tangle and then he bowled a quicker one which tried to cut , he then misjudged the pace and he could off nick it to the , a very , very good over and he 's bowling with , with great confidence at the moment . |
| 20 | In the book we have in front of us — and it is a long one — he never does . |
| 21 | But Antarctica is the coldest place on earth , and it is a long , hard journey over the ice to the Pole . |
| 22 | I can not get myself to react with critical coolness towards this music ; every tissue , every nerve vibrates in me and it is a long time since I had such an enduring feeling of rapture as when listening to the latter overture . " |
| 23 | Meanwhile — and it was a long meanwhile — the British were delighted with themselves and with their statecraft . |
| 24 | While this was a good thing , such improvements were at first only superficial , and it was a long time before everyday living conditions in deaf boarding institutions and day classes were of acceptable standard . |
| 25 | Celtic Crescent was n't a crescent , and it was a long time since it had been Celtic . |
| 26 | No , we had no accidents , the only one I had was er when I 'd been right to the top , with the other crane an and it was a long shop , and everyone had done with me during the morning , so I hoisted the crane up , pulled it in towards me and set myself going down the shop , put it in full speed . |
| 27 | They regarded him as something more or less from outer space , and it was a long time before he and his family felt themselves to be part of the community . |
| 28 | She had to talk for as long as he wanted and it was a long time . |
| 29 | Merymose 's face hardened , and it was a long time before he answered . |
| 30 | Luke Scott was soon back in her thoughts , and it was a long time before she slept . |