Example sentences of "[adv] that long [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was n't with her all that long before the mother came back in the car . |
| 2 | It wo n't be all that long before Susan marries and then I 'll be a great-grandmother . |
| 3 | ‘ It means you could n't have arrived in Seal Haven all that long before I found you . |
| 4 | I mean , it 's not all that long since they threw out the Tsar , is it . |
| 5 | It does n't really seem all that long since our lads in shorts , you know ? |
| 6 | Must ‘ ave been a good nine months back , not that long after you left for the front , come to think of it . ’ |
| 7 | We should not forget that it was not that long since Samuel Butler had published ( in 1878 ) his famous poem ‘ A Psalm Of Montreal ’ which was evoked by finding that Canadian ‘ philistinism ’ , had removed a Greek statue of Discobolus to a side-room in the Natural History Museum , presently used by a taxidermist , because of its ‘ vulgarity ’ . |
| 8 | So you should , it 's not that long since we 've oh is it two years we 've moved ? |
| 9 | I mean it 's not that long since that room was done |