Example sentences of "long [subord] i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's taken me 10 years to grow them this long so I do n't like hiding them completely under a hat . ’ |
| 2 | Wo n't take me long once I get going its just the getting going bit busy day tomorrow have n't we ? |
| 3 | But I wo n't be off for long because I 've to follow Marcus . ’ |
| 4 | But do n't 'ang about too long because I 've 'ad that Nottingham Forest on the blower . |
| 5 | How long till I get like her ? |
| 6 | How long since I 've seen it loose ? |
| 7 | The thing is , it 's been so long since I 've been that I have n't got a clue how much tickets are likely to be . |
| 8 | ‘ It wo n't be long before I set out on my expedition and I do n't think he 'll be fit to run away from me . ’ |
| 9 | How long before I do ? |
| 10 | It will be dark long before I arrive home and I do n't feel safe at night with only an old man like Goodison for company . ’ |
| 11 | I feel erm personally when I was younger that I was taught about love long before I feel in love sort of idea you know comics , the old movies , gave us expectations about what love was all about and I felt that had a , has a big influence in how yeah , when you grow up you feel , you meet this man and |
| 12 | Long though I have lived , I never understand better as years pass . |
| 13 | ROS : Oh no — we 've been spinning coins for as long as I remember . |
| 14 | I 'll wait all night if necessary so long as I know you 'll be coming . |
| 15 | Just so long as I know . ’ |
| 16 | So long as I get the train . ’ |
| 17 | Squeeze them in sure we 'll find somewhere for them to go , vacate , so long as I get a kiss from everybody apart from the boys and |
| 18 | So long as I shove the washing in the do n't like it in there it 's dingy , unless the sun 's out . |
| 19 | ‘ For as long as I 've had memories and before that too . |
| 20 | So long as I 've got somebody now there 's nobody along here . |
| 21 | You 've been plaguing the life out of me and everybody else for as long as I 've worked here . |
| 22 | This will be fine so long as I obey the ‘ point cam moving rule ’ while doing this and for every move thereafter . |
| 23 | So long as I hold the office of Home Secretary , I shall give no countenance to the view that they should not be prevented from being such a danger . ’ |
| 24 | I do n't have fancy feelings about where money comes from , so long as I earn it in ways which fit in with my flexible principles . |
| 25 | So long as I keep it up I am still in charge of my own destiny . |
| 26 | ‘ So long as I keep still , I feel very little . |
| 27 | By the end of the afternoon , after a few more pints , he gets involved in a Q&A challenge — he says he 'll answer any question , so long as I keep them coming . |
| 28 | When you have been teaching for as long as I have you 'll realise that it 's no good at all being kind to children . |
| 29 | When you 've lived around men like that for as long as I have , when you 've seen at first hand what they 're capable of , then you can come here and tell me how to handle my affairs . |
| 30 | When you 've brawled around for as long as I have your senses get to know the kind of fix that you ca n't just walk through or away from . |