Example sentences of "long [conj] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rhoda said Wendy would n't keep Ken long if she went on being so bossy . |
| 2 | I do n't think it 's gon na last her long cos she pulls at it . |
| 3 | Not long and she 'd go . |
| 4 | Blanche was confined to bed most of the time ; he did n't stay long because she was so weary and there was a nurse who bustled him out . |
| 5 | She said she had held the document back for so long because she was afraid it would re-open old wounds for my mother and because she felt sure it was better for us not to know what it contained . ’ |
| 6 | A woman laughed , a carefree tinkling laugh and Emily paused in wonder , it seemed so long since she had felt like laughing . |
| 7 | It was so long since she had been to a party like this . |
| 8 | It had been so long since she 'd seen so many people all at once . |
| 9 | ‘ I want to see the traction engines in a minute , ’ said Betty , looking round ; but Lydia knew that she really wanted to see Beuno , since it was n't long since she herself had been in love and she recognised the signs . |
| 10 | ‘ Goat stinks , ’ said Camille , for it was not so long since she had been frequently taken by Connie to children 's zoos where these creatures — mostly nannies and kids — were considered suitably sized and disposed to mingle briefly with the children of men . |
| 11 | But it had been so long since she 'd talked , really talked to anyone , that now she felt stiff and awkward . |
| 12 | It 's so long since she has seen him . ’ |
| 13 | How long since she was working |
| 14 | Long before she reached the place , the car was stopped by the military . |
| 15 | She is to me and many others , the best tennis player in the world today , even if she is No 2 it wo n't be long before she is back on top where she belongs . |
| 16 | It was not long before she had left home and was on the road . |
| 17 | I 'm sure it wo n't be long before she is on the most popular chat shows , telling us of commissions she has undertaken and regaling us with tales of her life when she was actress Delia Abraham , co-starring in the TV version of Nell Dunn 's Up The Junction , and appearing in rep alongside Kate O'Mara . |
| 18 | Writing to Ellen , never her most sympathetic correspondent , was dreary work since all she could think of were frantic pleas to tell her of Oreste and she grew tired of begging long before she reached the end of the first sheet . |
| 19 | She knew she was good , and it was n't long before she privately concluded that she was better than most of her colleagues — more enthusiastic , more energetic , more productive . |
| 20 | How long before she gets eaten away by the meths and dissolves into dust blown by the wind ? |
| 21 | How long before she learned that folk 'll always take advantage of weakness ? |
| 22 | It was not very long before she was free of them altogether . |
| 23 | Of course , it was n't long before she was rumbled , so she packed up and returned to Scotland , taking me with her . |
| 24 | Even blindfold she can see it wo n't be long before she 's very rich . |
| 25 | My son is a dying junkie , but he does n't want to die alone so he 's encouraging Robin-Anne to keep him company and now she 's become addicted to cocaine and it wo n't be very long before she 's smoking crack and trying speedballs . ’ |
| 26 | This desire for control over all aspects of her life is allied to a single-minded approach to her career which dates back long before she became famous . |
| 27 | ‘ She , with great dignity , accepted my invitation and she said that we wo n't wait for too long before she comes to Russia on an official visit , ’ he said later at London 's Hyde Park Hotel . |
| 28 | An actress who worked with Babs in Munich told Bild : ‘ She said it wo n't be long before she gives birth . ’ |
| 29 | She discussed the arrangements with me not long before she died . |
| 30 | Mrs Whitehouse viewed these programmes as having no redeeming qualities whatsoever , and it was not long before she herself became the subject of a satirical programme in her own right . |