Example sentences of "of [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dressed in black with a white shirt , her blue-black hair severely braided under a black Córdoba hat , she was the very image of the brother whom Maggie had seen and dreamed of so long ago . |
| 2 | But her lips were already parted , awaiting the warmth and the love he had deprived her of so long . |
| 3 | This raises a question of how long the IRA have had them . |
| 4 | Related to these results is the question of how long we can stay asleep ( in a laboratory that is always equally quiet , dark , and warm ) at different times of the day . |
| 5 | By now he was some twenty lengths in front of his pursuers , and it was becoming a matter of how long this horse of doubtful stamina could keep going . |
| 6 | Each player can be expected to behave as if he possessed a continuously updated estimate of how long the game is likely to go on . |
| 7 | I was elated by the two peaks , but forgetful of how long the walk out would be . |
| 8 | Employment Training should be opened up to unemployed people over 50 , irrespective of how long they have been out of work . |
| 9 | A number of British garages refused to quote for the job directly , giving only-their hourly-rates and an estimate of how long it would take . |
| 10 | It is not merely a matter of whether planning permission is required and , if so , whether it is likely to be granted , but also of how long it will take . |
| 11 | Some have done better than others , but there 's just the physical reality of how long it takes the lower two strings to speak — it 's going to take a few milliseconds for that to happen . |
| 12 | It is interesting to note that , although Sylvia was able to recall the events of that fateful afternoon and to describe in great detail the sights , sounds and emotions which prevailed , she had no idea at all of how long the two of them lay on the ground before her mother regained consciousness . |
| 13 | The interval between the onset of major depression and receipt of treatment , and the degree of pre-morbid neuroticism seem to be significant predictors of how long the illness episode lasts . |
| 14 | It allows the lining of the womb to return to normal , and would give her some idea of how long her menstrual cycle was . |
| 15 | The engine driver also gave control some idea of how long it would take to clean the fire and raise sufficient steam for him to take his train forward . |
| 16 | The question of how long to stay involved is a tricky one involving issues of case load management and consideration of the other pressures and demands . |
| 17 | Keep careful track of how long the adventurers spend in this Tower during each visit . |
| 18 | As a guide in setting a monthly repayment level that suits you , the enclosed table gives examples of how long different levels of borrowing will take to repay . |
| 19 | Motions , right , black and smelly , okay , and according to how the different colour of the motion be there , or the different colour of the grains were there would give an indication of how long this 'd been going on or how far up the gut it was , and the damage was okay ? |
| 20 | Thinking about the bars and wire mesh of her cage , and of how long she would have to be there , he nearly gave up the job there and then . |
| 21 | ‘ Within the context of how long we 've been together . |
| 22 | This timing gives some idea of how long their travelling habitually took : still in a post-chaise , and allowing an hour , say , for breakfast , they required seven hours or so to travel a distance of about twenty-eight miles . |
| 23 | Just think of how long you can stay without any protection before you 'd burn ( for example half an hour ) , multiply that by the SPF rating on the cream ( for example SPF 4 ) and that gives your sunbathing time ( in this case , two hours ) . |
| 24 | I do not know the latest medical prognosis of how long he will live , but perhaps he is hoping not to be around in 30 years ' time when the papers become available . |
| 25 | It started to get out of proportion in that he , Ray has been talking to him about the impact of the summer season in Scarborough in terms of how long it takes his staff to get from A to B. |
| 26 | Naturally , the fragrant smell of wine reminded Cranston of how long it had been since he had refreshed himself so he ordered a large jug and the deepest goblet to be found in the kitchen . |
| 27 | For Dr Neil the feel of her , so soft , the scent of her hair , and of McAllister herself , was so wild and sweet and struck him with such force that his breathing grew a little ragged and his body reminded him of how long it had been since he had satisfied it . |
| 28 | I had no idea of how long I had slept . |
| 29 | EC Finance Ministers also agreed on Oct. 19 on measures providing for a minimum of 14 weeks ' maternity leave to be paid at a rate at least as high as statutory sick pay regardless of how long a pregnant woman had worked for her employer . |
| 30 | Defenders of the evacuees pointed out that the exercise had taken place at the end of a particularly hot summer , in which head lice would have thrived , that parents had not been properly informed of how long their children would be evacuated for ( and hence despatched them in one day 's clothing ) , or that the first day of evacuation ( 1 September ) was a Friday — the day on which working-class financial resources would have been at their lowest , preventing parents buying extra garments for their children . |