Example sentences of "you [be] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You are a long way from Achnacarry , Piper ! |
| 2 | He may yet tour India next winter , for there is a three-month break before the challenge of a calmer series against swing and spin — ‘ You are a long time retired , ’ he says impishly . |
| 3 | He may yet tour India next winter , for there is a three-month break before the challenge of a calmer series against swing and spin — ‘ You are a long time retired , ’ he says impishly . |
| 4 | If you keep him quiet you are a long way down the road to achieving some success at Leeds . |
| 5 | Campese , who hopes to face the Barbarians at Twickenham on Saturday , is more direct , saying : ‘ I play because I enjoy it and as long as I am enjoying my rugby and I am wanted — well , you are a long time retired . ’ |
| 6 | As I said , I 'm never often out , and if you 're a long way from home it 's always good to have some place to drop in to . |
| 7 | ‘ After all … you 're a long time retired ’ , he says . |
| 8 | With a first baby you 're a long time , especially with my build . |
| 9 | But it 's hard on Tour when you 're a long way from home and the only creature comforts you have are a television , a telephone and a McDonald 's around the corner . |
| 10 | You 're a long way from home here , right ? |
| 11 | ‘ And you 're a long way from being a saint , are n't you ? ’ he drawled mischievously . |
| 12 | If things go drastically wrong and you 're a long way from home and need to call for help the most effective way is with an orange smoke flare . |
| 13 | Webb , 28 , who played for Northern until his medical studies took him to the west country , said : ‘ You 're a long time retired . |
| 14 | when you go into the villa , A you 've , got to have a car because there 's not a shop and B you 're a long way from the airport and if you get taxis you 're talking about fifty pound a touch from the airport , so that 's twice , so there 's a hundred pound gone already |
| 15 | Cor you 're a long time coming back from the Rose and Crown , do n't forget that 's where we were |
| 16 | ‘ You were a long time coming to bed . ’ |
| 17 | Oh we had whistles , and strangely enough , very seldom did we use them , simply because there were other traffic about that time if you were a long way away , er you might be nearly to , if you blew your whistle , there were nobody to hear you , I mean people in houses , and they were only few and far between . |