Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [art] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been swimming a long time that first Sunday , far out in the bay , and he could easily have slipped the things on to the Bourani end of the beach while I was in the water . |
| 2 | Oh they 're taking a long time to get these last two runs are n't they ? |
| 3 | And he answered : ‘ Yes , I have been waiting a long time , waiting to hear you say that . |
| 4 | ‘ Our fans have been waiting a long time for a game like Sunday 's . |
| 5 | Well Newcastle folk have been waiting a long time , and we all badly want to give them something to celebrate . ’ |
| 6 | There were only three crumpled cigarette-packs , a sign that whoever had been in the truck had possibly been waiting a long time . |
| 7 | I have been waiting a long time for a British magazine to offer intelligent coverage of mainstream sport in a way that Sports Illustrated , among others in America , seems to do effortlessly . |
| 8 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly . |
| 9 | I 've been waiting a long time , watching the roads , asking about new arrivals in the large towns . |
| 10 | ‘ Well ? ’ she says as though she 's been waiting a long time . |
| 11 | we have been waiting a long time traffic calming . |
| 12 | She has been waiting a long time for your kiss . ’ |
| 13 | Unless you are spending a long time somewhere I suggest you simply turn up at a crag and scrounge a look at someone else 's . |
| 14 | I want music to frighten me like T Rex or Johnny Rotten : I 'll be waiting a long time for that in Dublin . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It seems to be taking a long time , ’ Omi observed . |
| 16 | Muldoon seemed to be taking a long time over his coffee . |
| 17 | ‘ These lights seem to be taking a long time to change ’ |
| 18 | Watching the door , Lucy stood waiting for them to emerge again , but their exit appeared to be taking a long time to eventuate . |
| 19 | This is because such schemes are taking a long time to get off the ground and because employers generally recruit from non-local networks ( see also Ladbury and Mira-Smith in this volume ) . |
| 20 | So I think we are actually obliged , and it 's right that people should be consulted , but there is a point about it that it takes an awful long time and that is actually the reason why we 've got er a whole programme of urban safety management schemes that er are taking a long time to develop , it 's almost two years now , and the main reason for that is toing and froing with different designs with members of the public and the worst thing we could do is actually put in a package of schemes which people say , well that 's not what we wanted anyway . |
| 21 | Those hyacinths in the cauldron are taking a long time to come out are n't they ? |
| 22 | Those hyacinths in the corner are taking a long time to come out , are n't they ? |
| 23 | For example , a client may come to a bureau because he is concerned that the housing benefit to which he is entitled is taking a long time to materialise . |
| 24 | Littleton , Massachusetts-based Alliant Computer Systems Corp is taking a long time to die — too long for Craig Mundie , who resigned as president and chief executive to accept a position with Microsoft Corp as general manager , Advanced Consumer Technologies . |
| 25 | It is taking a long time to redesign the business processes of these industries . |
| 26 | This is taking a long time . |
| 27 | This is taking a long time . |
| 28 | Formed in teams , this task it was then to er across the practice areas whose task it was to get into those clients , get to know them , get to know their industry , get to know the people and find ways in which we could actually penetrate them and er open doors and that was going to take a long time and it is taking a long time . |
| 29 | I simply say that on the debates we 've had on the Policing Bill , I 've learnt what the functions of your Noble House is all about and the speech that 's just been made from across the Chamber from me , sums up entirely my views on the matter , and I say to your Lordships House that on the basis of experience as Northern Ireland Secretary when one is a Home Secretary for a province and there 's a number of people in this House who 've had a job to do including the Noble Lord , The Noble Viscount Whitelaw who set the tone of the way we all proceeded , I accept that , the one of the things we had to do there was bring democracy back to policing and the primary force of policing is taking a long time to do and that here as Home Secretary , everything I learned there was , stop the growing centralisation and the weakening of the police authorities and police force and this Bill does exactly that But now one of the questions I 've asked myself and it 's the only point because all the points have been made that I really want to ask the Government is what are these appointees for ? |
| 30 | The working party on the theology of marriage is finding its task stimulating but arduous and it will surprise no one that it 's taking a long time . |