Example sentences of "be such a long [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's been such a long time since you 've seen him . |
| 2 | but er , as you say erm , really it 's such a long journey that you need a breather before you need to start to cross the channel |
| 3 | I did try and help her about how to run a war because it 's such a long time since anybody 's run a war — I mean the technical methods of running a war — which she did very well . |
| 4 | And after that she seemed happy the rest of the way , saying how lovely it had been to see them even for such a short time and how she 'd come down again when she could , but it was such a long way and the trains were so crowded with soldiers and she had had to take two whole days off from the ambulance station . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | There was such a long silence that he looked up from his plate . |