Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Addition : Suppose you are given a long column of figures to add . |
| 2 | They will say that they do n't have the courage to stay emotionally alive , particularly if they are serving a long sentence . |
| 3 | And if you 're building a long flight , it can always be broken up with separate landings , either where the flight changes direction , or just for a change of pace . |
| 4 | Well when you 're driving along you 're looking a long way ahead that 's why and anything that comes in the road you see it Oh I hope whoever was involved in that accident tonight was alright . |
| 5 | You ca n't park , a big car 's an advantage if you 're going a long way |
| 6 | • If you 're travelling a long way to buy fish , it 's worth asking for them to be bagged separately and , if they are freshwater fish , take a handful of zeolite with your , which the assistant can then drop into the bottom of the bag to help prevent ammonia problems during the journey . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're taking a long chance , sitting there and making with all this stuff . |
| 8 | Oh they 're taking a long time to get these last two runs are n't they ? |
| 9 | Whereas if it got torn in the hand painted days then you 're talking a long length of time . |
| 10 | She had booked a sleeper from Paris in terms of time — " I ca n't sit up all night " — not distance " I am going a long way south . " |
| 11 | These are excellent if you are considering a long stay of two or three months . |
| 12 | Th th that we er we , we are moving a long way away from this egalitarian position , we 've abandoned that and we 've said right we , we are |
| 13 | ‘ I think that we are getting a long way from the subject , ’ he said . |
| 14 | You would be wise to phone ahead , especially if you are coming a long way , to check opening times because they vary from time to time . |
| 15 | The Magistrates sitting at the new Court buildings in Liskeard , dealing mainly with motoring offences , together with drunkenness and minor public order offences , are continuing a long standing tradition of ‘ grass roots ’ justice . |
| 16 | Unless you are spending a long time somewhere I suggest you simply turn up at a crag and scrounge a look at someone else 's . |
| 17 | I 'm writing a long article about the horrors of the diet and exercise industry . ’ ) |
| 18 | This is because such schemes are taking a long time to get off the ground and because employers generally recruit from non-local networks ( see also Ladbury and Mira-Smith in this volume ) . |
| 19 | So I think we are actually obliged , and it 's right that people should be consulted , but there is a point about it that it takes an awful long time and that is actually the reason why we 've got er a whole programme of urban safety management schemes that er are taking a long time to develop , it 's almost two years now , and the main reason for that is toing and froing with different designs with members of the public and the worst thing we could do is actually put in a package of schemes which people say , well that 's not what we wanted anyway . |
| 20 | Those hyacinths in the cauldron are taking a long time to come out are n't they ? |
| 21 | Those hyacinths in the corner are taking a long time to come out , are n't they ? |
| 22 | Well , here we are taking a longer view . |
| 23 | Yes I I I would accept that as a general point yes that that that that that that the greater number of years , the more likely you are to get a long term trend . |