Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time , I 'm a long way from being young enough to imagine , as you do , that marriage is the answer to all life 's little problems . |
| 2 | What you would do in your case with children is probably appoint them all and then they do n't all have to prove so they would hopefully discuss this at the time and say Well you know I 'm a long way away why do n't you two get on with . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm a long way away , Simon , ’ said my dad . |
| 4 | I 'm a long way from that , though . |
| 5 | Unluckily , however , I was a long way from her at table . |
| 6 | I was a long time because everyone was gassing in the shop . |
| 7 | Sorry I was a long time I did n't |
| 8 | ‘ You are a long way from Achnacarry , Piper ! |
| 9 | If you keep him quiet you are a long way down the road to achieving some success at Leeds . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | As I said , I 'm never often out , and if you 're a long way from home it 's always good to have some place to drop in to . |
| 14 | But it 's hard on Tour when you 're a long way from home and the only creature comforts you have are a television , a telephone and a McDonald 's around the corner . |
| 15 | You 're a long way from home here , right ? |
| 16 | ‘ And you 're a long way from being a saint , are n't you ? ’ he drawled mischievously . |
| 17 | If things go drastically wrong and you 're a long way from home and need to call for help the most effective way is with an orange smoke flare . |
| 18 | when you go into the villa , A you 've , got to have a car because there 's not a shop and B you 're a long way from the airport and if you get taxis you 're talking about fifty pound a touch from the airport , so that 's twice , so there 's a hundred pound gone already |
| 19 | ‘ After all … you 're a long time retired ’ , he says . |
| 20 | With a first baby you 're a long time , especially with my build . |
| 21 | Webb , 28 , who played for Northern until his medical studies took him to the west country , said : ‘ You 're a long time retired . |
| 22 | Cor you 're a long time coming back from the Rose and Crown , do n't forget that 's where we were |
| 23 | Oh we had whistles , and strangely enough , very seldom did we use them , simply because there were other traffic about that time if you were a long way away , er you might be nearly to , if you blew your whistle , there were nobody to hear you , I mean people in houses , and they were only few and far between . |
| 24 | ‘ You were a long time coming to bed . ’ |
| 25 | She 's dizzy , she 's a long way off . |
| 26 | She 's a long way away . |
| 27 | 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 … ’ |
| 28 | It is also significant that the steam turbine and the pneumatic tyre were the only major British innovations of this period ; in the new industries she was a long way behind Germany and the United States and by 1914 was falling behind even in the older industries in which she had first established her supremacy . |
| 29 | She was a long way from believing him . |
| 30 | Though she was learning to cope , she was a long way from being over Guido yet . |