Example sentences of "but it [be] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thoroughly recommend it but it is a long route , so take a water bottle and a good look at the weather . |
| 2 | But it is a long way from the recognition of such local features to the interpretation of whole scenes . |
| 3 | ‘ The result should be known before the end of the season but it is a long , drawn-out procedure under Olympic rules . ’ |
| 4 | Some day we will be married ; I am certain of it , but it is a long time to wait till I am of age and we must think of some other way before then . |
| 5 | But it is a long way to upper Strath Conon , especially from the Welsh Marches , whence my companion had drive . |
| 6 | The revolution must give women their place but it is a long process which wo n't happen immediately . |
| 7 | ‘ I have worked for many centuries to lift it , Nuadu , but it is a long hard task , for the punishment was to be eternal . ’ |
| 8 | Epilepsy may be understood today but it is a long way from being accepted in the same way as diabetes , let alone short sight . |
| 9 | In the cases that I have mentioned everything is in order — all the forms have been filled in and returned by the contractor , the work has been completed satisfactorily — but it is a long time before the cheque is processed and the contractor paid . |
| 10 | It 's the closest we 're going to get to a rave tonight , but it 's a long way from the kind of thing Mister C is used to . |
| 11 | This is hardly a stream of invective and obscenity but it 's a long way from the stuffed shirt formality of the '50s interviews . |
| 12 | ‘ Mine 's Ewen Mackay , from Moila , but it 's a long , long time since I was here . |
| 13 | But it 's a long process . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd explain , but it 's a long story , and I know you 're busy . |
| 15 | But it 's a long ladder and Anna is n't ready to go any farther . |
| 16 | Ya , well , I have n't got the , yes , the backlog is very substantial er , in terms of things like guaranteed fees and erm , non-stock interest but it 's a long way out er , I mean if we add it all up , you might be far too impressed by the figure but I think erm , we know that 's the right way of looking at it . |
| 17 | Yeah but it 's a long story behind that . |
| 18 | I could ask my mother to try to remember more than she 's told me , but it 's a long shot . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't deserve to be in the squad for the championship game with Down , but it 's a long road and as you mature you realise that as the year progresses certain players will falter and others will come to prominence . ’ |
| 20 | but it 's a long time pl er term , we 've got ta look at it and we 've got to do something about it for , for heating if we 're going to use it , if we 're going to let it or something |
| 21 | ‘ You 're sweet , ’ said Lucy , stroking her face , holding her hand , ‘ but it was a long long time ago . |
| 22 | We called the police and ambulance but it was a long time before the police arrived . |
| 23 | Charles and Diana are both very fond of the Antipodes — Charles feels particularly at home there after his months at Timbertop — but it was a long and exhausting tour . |
| 24 | Several workers suggested that there must be a tissue phase , in which the Plasmodium went to ground , but it was a long time before objects , evidently forms of the parasite , were recognized in microscopic sections of the spleen and liver of infected domestic fowl , monkeys and finally man . |
| 25 | Some hours later — no one counted , but it was a long time — eight soaking , snow-covered individuals just — but only just — on the right side of hypothermia made it to the main Teesdale road , which snow ploughs had kept open . |
| 26 | Staines , it appeared , was not far from Chertsey , but it was a long and tedious journey , and meant travelling by omnibus first of all to get to the big station across the river in York Road . |
| 27 | ‘ But it was a long time ago , before … ’ |
| 28 | Not a dish for a dieter , she allowed , but it was a long time since she 'd enjoyed anything quite so much . |
| 29 | Lord , Ellie , but it was a long time ago , and what a green girl I was . |
| 30 | But it was a long step from this to Meade 's contention that the government could by its adjustment of demand raise the level of employment permanently . |