Example sentences of "n't [verb] too long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er some neighbours cut each other 's lawn while they 're away so the grass does n't grow too long and make sure that the mail 's moved away from the letter box . |
| 2 | They looked pretty good — all colourful and that , but I did n't stop too long to watch them . |
| 3 | ‘ It ca n't take too long to prepare Wavebreaker for a long voyage , can it ? ’ |
| 4 | The last bit of ascent into the upper coire is stony , but it does n't take too long to cross the ice-worn boiler plates to reach the lovely little lochan nestling there . |
| 5 | So that 's it for this week , sorry we did n't have room for our promised body building item , I 've been told to work on my pecs before we get back to it and er it should n't take too long . |
| 6 | Erm I hope it did n't take too long to read our statement . |
| 7 | But they hope it wo n't take too long or they 'll be rocking around the grandfather clock . |
| 8 | Do n't take too long then cos that water 's pretty cold quick then have you eaten that all up Charlotte ? |
| 9 | Yesterday things looked pretty hopeful but that it would n't take too long to get the whole thing sorted out , but I must admit things seem to be escalating and getting a lot worse now . |
| 10 | You wo n't have too long to wait . |
| 11 | I ai n't stopping too long tonight cos I 'm gon na definitely watch an Home , not an Home and Away , a Neighbours cos I do n't know what |
| 12 | He had memorized it years ago in the Ecalpemos epoch : ‘ The safest way to live is first , inherit money , second , be born without taste for liquor , third , have a legitimate job that keeps you busy , fourth , marry a wife who will cooperate in your sexual peculiarities , fifth , join some big church , sixth , do n't live too long . ’ |