Example sentences of "long i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I do n't know how long I slept for , ’ Lucien said to Walterkin .
2 I do not know how long I slept , but when I woke up , I was in the middle of a storm .
3 I worked as a researcher for him for so long I became part of the furniture , I really did .
4 All day long I felt calm and joy , and it was the same when I went to the town and talked to the serving people and friends that I met , for I looked at people from the universal viewpoint of the Eternal .
5 ‘ I 've been away so long I felt a bit like the new boy walking into the old school when I arrived at the studio for Carry On Columbus , ’ he admits .
6 I do n't know how long I got left , but gettin' high helps me pass the time ’
7 I do n't know how long I got left , but gettin' high helps me pass the time . ’
8 A terrible thing that he , he had Alzheimer 's Disease for so long I mean , he was only , you know , sixty seven when he died , terrible .
9 How come , how long I mean me and Rusty and that be cleaned it did n't we ?
10 If I stay in the same place for too long I get stale . ’
11 We 've been back together for so long I 'd almost forgotten about it .
12 I did n't know how long I 'd wasted looking for the compass or how long I 'd knelt in capitulation .
13 I did n't know how long I 'd wasted looking for the compass or how long I 'd knelt in capitulation .
14 Once when he was away getting drinks , Barber asked me how long I 'd known G.P.
15 He asked me low long I 'd worked for the firm and what my duties were and what Doreen did .
16 For so long I 'd managed to hold off your curiosity but I was near to breaking-point .
17 Yeah , one night 's OK — that 's how long I said I 'd be away .
18 I got her there , she said she was in a hurry because she was afraid to leave Keith too long I said well I 'm in a hurry as well so I got her there as quick as I could and erm
19 I thought he was only joining in to please me , but before long I saw that he was enjoying it too , chiefly I think because to him it was a novelty .
20 I du n no how long I sit there , but I reckon it 's quite a while .
21 I du n no how long I sit there , I just sit there and sort of watch the cars go by .
22 I 've just come to realise : this is my life , I do n't know how long I 've got , I might as well enjoy that time being me , because I 'm stuck with this body , this face , this skin colour ; I have to make the most of it .
23 One suggestion is the cold air may be blowing over the gauges affecting their readings — a long shot , I guess , but have you any ideas because after so long I 've about run out .
24 ‘ Ye do n't know how long I 've waited for this . ’
25 I know exactly how long I 've got .
26 When I reach out to the big mug of coffee on the table , it is cold , and I wonder how long I 've been asleep .
27 Pushing between the tables among drinkers I do n't recognise brings home how long I 've been away .
28 I said I think that 's wonderful I said cos do you know how long I 've been out the union now , three months , well I reckon I 've saved thirty pounds , you 've got thirteen quid back
29 I 've , we was working out how long I 've had this jumper .
30 Just from racing so long I know what it 's going to do most of the time so I can adjust the pressure on the handlebars and know how hard I can drive it into the pavement .
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