Example sentences of "[subord] it [be] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , utilizing , except it 's a long drag for people , but , but , you |
| 2 | He had keen eyes and quick hands , so it was a long time before he got caught . |
| 3 | This is the best that can be hoped for , even if it is a long way from a fully satisfying life . |
| 4 | I 'm very puzzled by this now so I ask for clarification , if it 's a long franchise then , if it 's a fifteen year franchise , are you saying that the franchisee will have control over the track ? |
| 5 | Quite clearly , while I 'm not prepared to put a a figure on the contribution that conversions are going to make to the period to two thousand and six , I 'll be most surprised if it was a long way different from what has been taking place in the past . |
| 6 | If it was a long way out . |
| 7 | Cos it was a long table with a white cloth on . |
| 8 | ‘ We do n't want to rush Mick because it 's a long season and we need him for the long haul . |
| 9 | Because it 's a long time since I felt like this , as good as I do now . |
| 10 | Because it 's a long road from sad des desolation , being orphaned to true happiness . |
| 11 | Erm I mean he it sort of went through our staff inspector wise and er Paul was sort of chatting , and he was n't being unkind he said yes , they 'll be dinosaurs because it 's a long time since you 've had er any training like that . |
| 12 | Ma maybe twenty nine , even thirty , depending , but if it er , mind you I do n't know , because it 's a long time since I had a look at 'em . |
| 13 | The coffin was carried on a horse-drawn cart because it was a long time before a motor hearse became available . |
| 14 | And erm this was the first time that I 'd ever been sort of as far afield into the country as this , and to go and see the erm er Toll Bridge at , that was , and top go over it , because it was a long wooden bridge that used to go over , and er we thought that was absolutely fantastic . |
| 15 | They sat together , in the small-sized chairs brought up by Balor , and ate their breakfasts and told one another was n't this the finest meal ever and would they all look at the roasting oxen , because it was a long time , well it was years , really , since any of them had seen such a sight . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll be in touch , ’ he said vaguely and though it was a long time before she would admit it to herself Sally knew it was all over . |
| 17 | It is a well-known fact that clipping is done in the shade as it is a long and sweaty business for man and sheep , and was especially so before the days of electric clipping . |
| 18 | When we see a distant galaxy we 're not seeing it as it is today , we 're seeing it as it was a long time ago . |
| 19 | For it is a long corner that could take a good three to six months to complete , Kern warns . |
| 20 | This savage day , and he thought , inexplicably , for it was a long time ago — he had thought to have forgotten it — of a boy who was swallowed in a sewer . |