Example sentences of "hell [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took a hell of a long time but learn we did . |
| 2 | That 's what I did when I started my furniture business , building it up gradually from a crude workshop and it took a hell of a long time . |
| 3 | Well , until sixty-five , and that 's a hell of a long way away . |
| 4 | It 's one hell of a long shot . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 've come a hell of a long way , you know . |
| 6 | One hell of a long way . ’ |
| 7 | Richard Charkin is blunt about the difficulty Waterstones faces : ‘ Under the rules of the NBA you can discount after a year , but a year 's a hell of a long time to tie up dead stock . ’ |
| 8 | There was a special unit set up here , Animal Rights National Index , but these idiots had tight security , a good cut-off cell system , and it took us a hell of a long time to open the can . |
| 9 | But the caves which are of interest to British cavers are inland caves — formed with the key ingredients of water , limestone and one hell of a long time . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's also a hell of a long way away , ’ Ace replied . |
| 11 | Find Sophie again , because something was happening there that has n't happened to me in a hell of a long time . |
| 12 | A hell of a long time . |
| 13 | It 's a hell of a long way . |
| 14 | ‘ It took me a hell of a long time to get everyone to go , ’ Faye 's husband said explosively as he strode into the room . |
| 15 | No erm er even now , and the the strike 's been finished I ca n't remember four months or something , three months , you know the community I think it 'll take a a hell of a long time to heal the rifts and mend the scars . |
| 16 | So if somebody gets H I , yes , because gets , takes out a policy at twenty five , gets diagnosed H I V at thirty , and they 're still living , they have n't actually got full blown aids , and they can live for a hell of a long time afterwards , they 're paying their W O P premium for a long , long time . |
| 17 | ‘ Then it 's lasted a hell of a long time . |
| 18 | It 's a hell of a long wire on that phone int it ? |
| 19 | No , it 's a hell of a long way |
| 20 | We had a hell of a long time in the what 's it ? |
| 21 | You know , because of cut-backs , and that 's probably the reason why , it 's a hell of a long delay is n't it , three or four months or so . |
| 22 | hell of a long time |