Example sentences of "be not a [adv] long " in BNC.
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1 | From a herb border to a complete herb garden is not a very long step , and once the initial interest has been started with the planting of single plants here and there in the garden , it is not long before friends are giving one new species , other varieties are discovered at garden centres , and catalogues are found to list even more . |
2 | This is not a very long list of " media offences " . |
3 | It 's not a very long journey it 's , it 's . |
4 | This is very unfortunate , but it is n't a very long journey . |
5 | It was n't er , it was n't a very long one was it , it was two or three months was it ? |