Example sentences of "long time [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her daughter Jessica wrote a letter to the New York court saying : ‘ Please make Amy Fisher stay in jail for a long time so she ca n't hurt my mom again . ’ |
| 2 | No , she actually just , I have n't seen for a long time so she can have one of these . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , Daouad , you will not see the Sukkariya again for a long time unless you answer my questions . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We were together for a long time but we grew apart and we have both been working hard . ’ |
| 5 | Hard disks last a long time but they do n't last for ever . |
| 6 | ‘ Developing a single European currency will take a long time but it will make the most significant contribution to European , and therefore world , financial stability . |
| 7 | mathematicians a long time but it does help . |
| 8 | It 's taken us both a very long time but I feel stronger and emotionally much more stable now . |
| 9 | take a long time but I mean I know it says got well puppy mess to get over yet . |
| 10 | It had been a long time since we last saw one of those , so we bought ice cream , sat in the sun and wrote postcards at the Reykjahlid shop . |
| 11 | It 's a long time since we did that . ’ |
| 12 | Long time since we did a fall . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It seems a long time since we had a chance to talk alone . ’ |
| 14 | It seems a long time since we ate together in this kitchen . |
| 15 | It is a long time since we spoke , is n't it ? ’ |
| 16 | It seems a long time since we started , |
| 17 | ‘ It is a long time since we saw you here . ’ |
| 18 | Seems a long long time since we used to do it . |
| 19 | It was a long time since they 'd done anything together . |
| 20 | It must be a long time since they were cleaned ; they are very dirty . |
| 21 | that 's a long time since they said we could have it . |
| 22 | But first of all I 'd like to congratulate the officers on the report er I 'm sure that those people who have been reading the reports and officers of the County Council for some years er will have probably er , er it 's been a long time since they 've read one that 's been expressed in such strong terms . |
| 23 | It was a long time since she had last seen Michael : it was seven months , two weeks and three days , four if she counted today . |
| 24 | It seemed a long time since she had been out of her apartment , longer still since she had taken a walk . |
| 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 | She reached for her silk dressing gown and pulled it on ; she felt good , it had been a long time since she had awoken feeling so alive . |
| 27 | It had been a long time since she had had to stop herself simply blowing away an enemy that she found herself unable to either maim or restrain . |
| 28 | It seemed a long time since she had stood there watching the boats and noticing how brief lack of caution led to trouble . |
| 29 | But she was aware that she had been preoccupied a lot of the time , all too aware of the mountain of work before her , and that it was rather a long time since she and her daughter had had any special outings together . |
| 30 | It had been a long time since she had felt this way . |