Example sentences of "'s [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It 's the long vacation , and the photocopier had broken down , ’ she said .
2 I think I think erm it 's a question , Mr Trotter , it 's the long range penetrator I think which erm is is the distinction , it 's the ability to get through low level , longer range and carrying greater level of ordnance than either .
3 You know Marble Arch , what 's the long road that goes off Marble Arch ?
4 ‘ What 's the long face for ? 'Ave yer worn yer welcome out ? ’ he asked none too sympathetically .
5 So it 's the long side .
6 There 's a long pause and she looks confused .
7 She 's dizzy , she 's a long way off .
8 ( Recovering them is a matter of great urgency ; and a start has been made , but there 's a long way to go — especially with Upward , whom oblivion has enveloped with a completeness that is startling and significant . )
9 Going to grammar school really made me isolated It was only a couple of miles away from where I lived but that 's a long way when you 're only 11 — years-old and all your mates from junior school had gone to the local comprehensive round the corner .
10 She 's a long way away .
11 It 's a long way down to the water but I can see a fag packet bobbing along .
12 It 's like everything 's a long way away , and everything 's real big and unreal looking .
13 The early signs are encouraging — but there 's a long way to go .
14 ‘ I have just got it confirmed , but these things take time , and there 's a long way to go yet . ’
15 It 's a long way to Tipperary , Mandalay and Bedford Square .
16 It 's a long way through the massive forests of larch and pine to Novosibirsk , especially if your travelling companion only grunts as he downs another tumbler of cheap vodka .
17 Bruce Mackenzie was six feet four and that 's a long way up for a two-year-old .
18 The hit song of the year was ‘ It 's A Long Way to Tipperaray ’ but old Ireland was singing an older song and building up a hidden army .
19 He 's a long way from the roots of the sport .
20 It 's a long way down into the gulch .
21 ‘ He 's a long way from home . ’
22 ‘ It 's a long way from the back streets of Brixton to the green fields of Huntingdon , ’ he impressed on the county set .
23 ‘ It 's a long way to go for a 45-minute service and a reception — even if you 're not 92 years old , ’ said one of her aides , who insisted that her absence was not intended as a snub .
24 I 'm not getting into a fight over some silly little first-year whether she 's your sister or not , and if you 'll excuse me , this porridge is bad enough hot , but cold it 's inedible and there 's a long way to go till lunchtime . ’
25 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 .
26 We are sitting in a good position now but there 's a long way to go .
27 It 's a long way down .
28 GONE : It 's a long way down for a reporter whose life is hanging by a thread
29 This is hardly a stream of invective and obscenity but it 's a long way from the stuffed shirt formality of the '50s interviews .
30 It 's a long way from completion , but Bill says he 's already approached ROBERT DE NIRO to play Elvis .
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