Example sentences of "long [subord] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's taken me 10 years to grow them this long so I do n't like hiding them completely under a hat . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It wo n't be long before I set out on my expedition and I do n't think he 'll be fit to run away from me . ’ |
| 3 | Long before I came up to the gate out of Bourani , I saw something whitish lying in the gap . |
| 4 | It 's twenty years ago , long before I came here . |
| 5 | Erm , I fully support all the comments about the archive system , I have a membership ticket here , and I was a member of that system long before I came here . |
| 6 | I thought at the time she sounded a bit over anxious to explain why she had n't told us before , but it was n't long before I knew why . ’ |
| 7 | Long before I took up climbing on any regular basis I accompanied a friend for a summer evening 's sport at Lawrencefield in Derbyshire . |
| 8 | It will be dark long before I arrive home and I do n't feel safe at night with only an old man like Goodison for company . ’ |
| 9 | I did n't stay at that school long before I moved down to erm the er Tins School on Chandler Street . |
| 10 | ‘ I was personally told he was not concerned about my past so long as I kept up a volume of business , ’ he said . |
| 11 | The calculations I must have performed to decide where the ball was going to be , and to hit it , are staggering , but I managed ( so long as I did not stop to ask how I was doing it ) . |
| 12 | I know that so long as I do n't manage to count up to one hundred before the spasm ceases , I shall live . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't mind what I do so long as I do n't have too many lines to learn . ’ |
| 14 | That 's none of my business so long as I do n't have to break any laws . |
| 15 | I 'm thinking there might be something wrong with my plan to wait as I close my eyes ( only to rest them ) , but even as I yawn and put my hands into my armpits I think a spot of rest is n't such a bad idea so long as I do n't fall asleep . |
| 16 | ‘ He has enough sauce for a king 's fool , but impudence I can stomach so long as I do n't have to ride something that big on my own . ’ |
| 17 | He s on loan , how long for I do nt know . |
| 18 | I 've got mine back on , but it wo n't be long when I get out the bus mind , but |