Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] long [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Proust is also exceptionally aware I think of a , of the , the , the complex nature of reality , a reality built up in a number of layers , so that his sentences are made even longer than might otherwise have been the case , by the introduction of successive subordinate clauses , in which he seeks to qualify as precisely as possible what he is saying . |
| 2 | But when you 've got a full field to harvest at least you 're getting something but when you 're just going around the edges and picking the bits that are left behind that is a hard job you 're spending as long but you 're not getting as much . |
| 3 | On July 25th , 1908 , the rails forced their way into Denwood , and those who had been waiting so long and patiently considered that the prizes were theirs at last . |
| 4 | Well if he was there and you came along well that 's two people , so it 's not that secluded , okay , so we have to look on the positive side , if at the end of the day you 're going to get to a situation where , okay , you can see that the ordinary erm true blue course of events is just not gon na work , then it 's down to you , you have then got to make up your own mind what you 're going to do for the casualty and your own safety , okay , if somebody had been bleeding that long and you could n't of got help for them , what would your priority now probably be ? |
| 5 | Some are spending as long as four months in bed and breakfast ‘ hotels ’ while they wait to be re-housed . |
| 6 | Many people have become paupers after their association with her but the pleasure of her company can only be had as long as one is in possession of riches to bestow on her . ’ |
| 7 | We 'll be hear as long as they want us . |
| 8 | I 'm staying as long as it takes . |
| 9 | is the aim , what , I mean somebody came up with the aim , in actual fact , despite whatever else you might be doing , whatever politics were behind it , the aim was to prevent AIDS no matter what you were doing , and not to have any kind of prejudice against what you were doing as long as the aim |
| 10 | In the years which followed , some of his ships ( which belonged to the king personally ) were sold to repay his debts ; others were left so long that they eventually rotted . |
| 11 | On military issues , for example , detailed discussions on ‘ Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction ’ ( MBFR ) in central Europe were handled by quite separate talks , begun in Vienna in 1973 , which were to prove exceedingly long and complex . |
| 12 | Now at first people thought that was because of the gulf crisis an and the downturn in traffic , but actually it 's the economic recession which has cut off demand er and which is lasting much longer than people expected . |
| 13 | It is all right complaining under the charter to the person who runs the service about which one is complaining as long as there is a further port of call — a further person to whom one can complain . |
| 14 | He can play virtually anywhere and , perhaps more importantly , does n't mind where he 's playing as long as he is in the team . ’ |
| 15 | No , you 're just a pathetic monomaniac who 's lived too long and has become obsessed with the idea of making the entire planet suffer for an ancient wrong that was perpetrated by a mindless minority ! ’ |
| 16 | He longed then , suddenly , and with a passion that had been suppressed so long that it took him by surprise , for someone to share all this with . |
| 17 | Sixty foot drops are not really much to write home about when someone 's been caving as long as he has . |
| 18 | that 's what he was saying as long as you do n't what was he saying ? |
| 19 | Negative comments : Friday night was found too long and heavy by several . |
| 20 | But when no announcements of conclusive victory emerged in the following few weeks , people began — as was reported towards the end of October — to express their impatience that the struggle for Stalingrad was taking too long and costing too many lives . |
| 21 | They refused to eat an egg that was cooked too long or not long enough . |