Example sentences of "long [conj] it [verb] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are occasions when after a long and difficult dig , and when a long time has elapsed before the recovery of the ferret and rabbit , you may discover that your ferret has scraped at the hindquarters of the rabbit for so long that it has broken the skin , drawn blood and started to eat the rabbit before it died . |
| 2 | Well theoretically I would wait as long as it took to wash the mess off the roof . |
| 3 | It is now six months since the report was handed in to the Department of Industry — as long as it took to prepare the report in the first place . |
| 4 | Only just as long as it took to get a licence . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Just as long as it 's got a bed . ’ |
| 6 | Yeah as long as it 's got a recording |