Example sentences of "be such [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm sorry it 's been such a long journey , but I could n't find a quicker route .
2 If we relate this to the changes in the Labrador Sea we see ( Fig. 2 a ) that the only time there has been such a long period with little or no change in salinity , followed by a sudden marked freshening , was the period leading up to the renewal in 1972 .
3 It 's been such a long time .
4 I do n't know whether I ever meant to call on Ben or not — it 's been such a long time — but I was interested to see the boat .
5 ‘ It has been such a long time !
6 ‘ It 's been such a long time , and I want you so much that I could easily make a mess of this , ’ he confessed .
7 ‘ It 's been such a long time since you 've seen him .
8 It 's been such a long time , too long … ’
9 And it had all been such a long time ago !
10 He said : ‘ It has been such a long time coming I had almost given up hope .
11 For certain there will be changes , but it is doubtful if there will ever be such a long line of devoted , generous and hardworking people as those who served the Club so enthusiastically in immensely difficult times , and saved it from certain closure for the likes of ourselves to enjoy .
12 I was certainly the ideal subject for his little tricks of ringing the door bell and running away , because I dared not ignore the summons in case it might be a client , and also the consulting and operating rooms were such a long way from the front of the house .
13 Because it is such a long molecule the DNA is folded and twisted within the chromosome .
14 I 'd like to know why that day is such a long time coming .
15 cos there 's such a long waiting list , tha that 's the value of it out there
16 but er , as you say erm , really it 's such a long journey that you need a breather before you need to start to cross the channel
17 ‘ It 's such a long way away , sir ! ’
18 It 's such a long way you know
19 Yes I know , but it 's such a long way to get up there ! is n't it ?
20 They talk about it as if that 's such a long period , and yet it seems like yesterday when my last one came out , but you do n't realise it 's that long ; you do n't sit round watching the calendar .
21 I did try and help her about how to run a war because it 's such a long time since anybody 's run a war — I mean the technical methods of running a war — which she did very well .
22 But as you said , Harri , it 's such a long time ago .
23 And after that she seemed happy the rest of the way , saying how lovely it had been to see them even for such a short time and how she 'd come down again when she could , but it was such a long way and the trains were so crowded with soldiers and she had had to take two whole days off from the ambulance station .
24 And since it was such a long way from goal there was no no advantage in going down was there ?
25 It was such a long trip , ’ she could n't help craning her neck to see where the old witch was .
26 Not because she could n't remember , but because it was such a long time since she 'd seen her and she felt strange , suddenly , knowing that this time tomorrow they would be on their way to Scotland and she would be waiting for them .
27 This element of the second stanza creates a sensation that Tithonus now refers to himself as a completely different man to what he was in his youth as it was such a long time ago .
28 There was such a long silence that he looked up from his plate .
29 I only did it cos it was such a long number to put in all the
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