Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ After all … you 're a long time retired ’ , he says . |
| 7 | With a first baby you 're a long time , especially with my build . |
| 8 | Webb , 28 , who played for Northern until his medical studies took him to the west country , said : ‘ You 're a long time retired . |
| 9 | Cor you 're a long time coming back from the Rose and Crown , do n't forget that 's where we were |
| 10 | ‘ You were a long time coming to bed . ’ |
| 11 | She was a long time in answering . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It 's a long time since we did that . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It 's a long time since I was that — if I ever was . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It 's a long time since anyone brought me flowers , ’ he smiled apologetically . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's a long time since I had any of those . ’ |
| 17 | It 's a long time till then , ’ a distraught Mrs Lawler answered . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , it 's a long time , I admit . |
| 20 | ‘ Well it 's a long time since dinner . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's a long time since I touched that organ . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's a long time off dark . |
| 23 | It 's a long time since I 've had some first-class leather to work with . ’ |
| 24 | Because it 's a long time since I felt like this , as good as I do now . |
| 25 | It 's a long time since you 've put in an appearance , is n't it ? |
| 26 | It 's a long time since I saw you looking so well . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's a long time , ’ Maddox said . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been thinking , it 's a long time since the two of us went out together , so I 'm taking Ruth for a bite to eat . |
| 29 | No , wait a minutes , do n't tell me — it 's a long time since — where was it ? |
| 30 | It 's a long time ago , though . |