Example sentences of "too long [conj] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does n't seem you 've got too long once you 've finished . |
| 2 | In Geurrero State this waiting period was apparently not too long but it appeared that in other areas delays and crowded court lists inevitably meant some people spending a considerable time in custody . |
| 3 | so you felt that and that pulse point there if you press on it hard enough you can actually stop the one in the wrist and of course that is controlling the flow of blood to the rest of the arm and you leave a pressure point closed off like that for no more than ten minutes , because if you left it on for too long that it means not sufficient blood 's getting to the rest of the , the limbs and the limb must have its blood supply , so you leave the pressure on for ten minutes and then release it , say for ten seconds just so say that the hand comes back pinkish again and if it 's not slowing down , back on with the pressure again for another ten minutes and that 's how you use it , tap off , ten minutes at the most , tap on for a little while , if it 's leaked again reapply , ten minutes at the most , tap on again , okay and that 's how you 'll control it , so if you do have a sit a situation where the bleeding was bad cos you 've got a , a limb severed , you could n't perhaps put sufficient direct pressure over that limb , this done , right , to control the bleeding then you could use indirect pressure , here , breaking or here , right in the , no playing now please , no trying to find this one right now , do this one tonight , in bed and the old lady said now what are you doing to me , never you mind , go to sleep |
| 4 | McEnroe was philosophical : ‘ It just got to be too long where I had n't won the big one . |
| 5 | The top story , about police computers , turned out to be slightly too long when it appeared in print . |
| 6 | But they had kept her too long and she had n't wanted to appear rude because they were nice people , and now she was very , very late . |
| 7 | Six months had been too long and she wanted to be home . |
| 8 | Try to swap too late , hold on too long and you get assassinated and that 's it ; that 's you back to the cave with twenty other flea-bitten reduced-statures and the bright idea of bringing some fire into the cave ! |
| 9 | That was in Frankfurt when a meeting over which I had no control went on just too long and I had no chance of making my flight . |
| 10 | I had left Armstrong too long and I hurried back , resisting the temptation to damage the Sierra in some small way ( just for peace of mind ) . |
| 11 | ‘ It goes yellow if you keep it for too long and I do n't see how anyone can be expected to use fifty tablecloths even in a lifetime — not mucky-looking yellow ones . |
| 12 | Leave the whiskey in oak too long and it tastes like a sack of splinters , but if the ageing is done correctly , it makes the spirit mellow and vanillin-sweet . |
| 13 | Certainly , it will need to work hard to make up for lost time ; the party has neglected the cause of democratic socialism in the North for far too long and it has allowed would-be Labour activists to become demoralised . |
| 14 | Do n't be too long cos I 've got ta go home . |
| 15 | It 's no good waiting too long cos you know how your mam panics . |