Example sentences of "be a long " in BNC.

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1 ‘ There 's quite a cloud of smoke , ’ muttered Heather uneasily , ‘ and we 're a long way from it up here .
2 ‘ Ah well , my dear , you must remember they 're a long way from home , and many of them have n't had much feminine company for a while .
3 ‘ Of course , they look smaller when they 're a long way off , ’ Masklin muttered .
4 They 're a long way away . ’
5 As I said , I 'm never often out , and if you 're a long way from home it 's always good to have some place to drop in to .
6 ‘ After all … you 're a long time retired ’ , he says .
7 We 're a long way from Cambridge now , and my name is Rose . ’
8 With a first baby you 're a long time , especially with my build .
9 But it 's hard on Tour when you 're a long way from home and the only creature comforts you have are a television , a telephone and a McDonald 's around the corner .
10 ‘ But they 're a long way away . ’
11 You 're a long way from home here , right ?
12 ‘ And you 're a long way from being a saint , are n't you ? ’ he drawled mischievously .
13 If things go drastically wrong and you 're a long way from home and need to call for help the most effective way is with an orange smoke flare .
14 We 're a long way off retiring yet , Marlene .
15 But , I mean we 're a long way from that , and I do n't want people to think that I 'm from saying er redundancies are imminent , er
16 We 're a long way from anywhere here , Fran .
17 It 's mainly the feeling of insecurity when they 're a long way out from a telephone .
18 Webb , 28 , who played for Northern until his medical studies took him to the west country , said : ‘ You 're a long time retired .
19 when you go into the villa , A you 've , got to have a car because there 's not a shop and B you 're a long way from the airport and if you get taxis you 're talking about fifty pound a touch from the airport , so that 's twice , so there 's a hundred pound gone already
20 Cor you 're a long time coming back from the Rose and Crown , do n't forget that 's where we were
21 They 're a long interview as well .
22 ‘ I really am a long , long way away . ’
23 It has been a long time since the women 's game has been so open ; hopefully it will continue .
24 Since then there has been a long decline .
25 It had been a long time living in a hole in the ground , let's hope things get better .
26 The Conservatives have been a long way ahead of Labour not just in seats ( an arbitrary effect of the electoral system ) but also in votes .
27 It had been a long time since we last saw one of those , so we bought ice cream , sat in the sun and wrote postcards at the Reykjahlid shop .
28 It has been a long day , but there are still a couple of hours to run , and this is Berlin , where anything can happen .
29 Everyone is contemplating an early night — it has been a long day , one of the busiest for a while .
30 It had been a long hot day on the farm where I help my father with his large dairy herd .
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