Example sentences of "very long [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not very long before she was free of them altogether . |
| 2 | My son is a dying junkie , but he does n't want to die alone so he 's encouraging Robin-Anne to keep him company and now she 's become addicted to cocaine and it wo n't be very long before she 's smoking crack and trying speedballs . ’ |
| 3 | It was not very long before I came to see it as simply one fad among others . |
| 4 | They were n't there in the they were n't in this office for very long before they disappeared elsewhere . |
| 5 | tell you what it seems ages since I was in the first year , but not very long since I was in the second year |
| 6 | A part of Harry wanted to agree that it was possible , although it would be a very long while yet before he had enough money to buy even a small farm of his own and start up his own line of thoroughbreds . |
| 7 | ‘ You must n't mind if the children do n't stay very long when they come , Jack . |
| 8 | But A&R people do not stay A&R people for very long if they do n't have an eye on both money and art simultaneously . |
| 9 | He knew he had not been dozing very long because the smells of fried bacon and toasted bread still drifted through the house . |
| 10 | If I am in a studio and initially feel slightly lukewarm towards a particular piece I find it does not last very long because I soon get caught up with the work of a strong artist . |
| 11 | I could not stick to any diet for very long because of the chocolate cravings . |
| 12 | In the middle of the document , he says that if the MacSharry proposals were accepted — he says that they would be — they would not last very long because they would be too expensive . |