Example sentences of "be such a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | But pressing the case for disclosure of APR has been such a long , hard battle that there is an obvious temptation to feel that — now the battle has been won — we can all sit back and sigh with relief . |
| 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 'm sorry it 's been such a long journey , but I could n't find a quicker route . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ It has been such a long time ! |
| 7 | ‘ It 's been such a long time , and I want you so much that I could easily make a mess of this , ’ he confessed . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's been such a long time since you 've seen him . |
| 9 | It 's been such a long time , too long … ’ |
| 10 | And it had all been such a long time ago ! |
| 11 | He said : ‘ It has been such a long time coming I had almost given up hope . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Because it is such a long molecule the DNA is folded and twisted within the chromosome . |
| 15 | I 'd like to know why that day is such a long time coming . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But as you said , Harri , it 's such a long time ago . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's such a long way away , sir ! ’ |
| 20 | It 's such a long way you know |
| 21 | Yes I know , but it 's such a long way to get up there ! is n't it ? |
| 22 | cos there 's such a long waiting list , tha that 's the value of it out there |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It was such a long trip , ’ she could n't help craning her neck to see where the old witch was . |
| 27 | And since it was such a long way from goal there was no no advantage in going down was there ? |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | There was such a long silence that he looked up from his plate . |
| 30 | I only did it cos it was such a long number to put in all the |