Example sentences of "long [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sure it will not be long until they get their seat back . ’ |
| 2 | Good words do not last long until they amount to something … |
| 3 | I recall the gist of it implied that they could n't sit there sunbathing too long if they wanted to get through all seven tops . |
| 4 | But A&R people do not stay A&R people for very long if they do n't have an eye on both money and art simultaneously . |
| 5 | Here and there a regular path of some animal helped them but it rarely ran in one direction for long and they were unwilling to lose contact with the water which they would eventually have to cross . |
| 6 | We 're hoping he wo n't be there long but they thought he might n't be able to manage in big classes . |
| 7 | They should n't be worn all day long because they do n't provide the support young feet need . |
| 8 | ‘ I know you mean well , love , ’ he wrote , ‘ but Maureen and Chris have managed for so long because they have kept it so low key . |
| 9 | Rain comforted herself that however disruptive they were , they would not be in there long because they were dealing with everything else with extraordinary speed . |
| 10 | In the middle of the document , he says that if the MacSharry proposals were accepted — he says that they would be — they would not last very long because they would be too expensive . |
| 11 | There is a common , whispered suspicion that lawyers make legal documents unecessarily long because they are paid by the word or by the inch . |
| 12 | They do n't , once they 're empty they do n't take long till they sell it over there and there |
| 13 | I mean , it 's not all that long since they threw out the Tsar , is it . |
| 14 | A wag in the crowd quipped that it is so long since they have been in evidence , police enquiries are being hampered because no one can name or describe them . |
| 15 | Well I want , now I want yeah well I understand but I wonder how long since they will leave it she 's already looked for an answ , you know she does n't get an answer , that 's the point , I should think by now he 'd |
| 16 | And that is n't so long since they 'd seen her |
| 17 | Long before they had passed the watershed and were looking over into the jaws of the mountains at the head of Loch Morar , young Angus felt he had strayed into a foreign country . |
| 18 | And , ladies and gentlemen , how long before they interfere with the very guardians of our existence and prevent the provincial police from shooting down vicious unarmed textile strikers ? |
| 19 | Long before they reached the relevant section . |
| 20 | With luck Vic and Emily should be gone several hours , giving him ample time to search for evidence and be back at the white house long before they returned . |
| 21 | For the activist and ‘ committed ’ core of the Movement , especially for the younger element , the perceived Führer image stood symbolically for ideological precepts — preparing for a show-down with Bolshevism , acquisition of Lebensraum , ‘ removal of Jews ’ — which were ‘ directions for action ’ long before they were realizable objectives . |
| 22 | Children usually have a strong ballet grounding long before they apply to enter the Royal Ballet School from the age of 11 . |
| 23 | First , it was assumed that no long-range problems would occur ; that is , that the acidifying or toxic power of the gases would be neutralised long before they got to Scandinavia or anywhere else . |
| 24 | Thus , for Piaget , concepts derive from operational schemata : ‘ logico-mathematical structures are extracted from the general conditions of actions long before they make use of language , either natural or artificial ’ — for example , a mother 's non-verbal interactions with her baby ( see Chapters 9 and 10 ) . |
| 25 | Freemantle knew Leapor 's writing long before they had actually become friends . |
| 26 | True prevention is thus to ensure that women are immunised against diseases which can cause mental handicap in the foetus long before they plan to conceive . |
| 27 | It was not long before they were fleeing again , this time from the Bow Street Runners . |
| 28 | The pupils who do complain usually retract their allegations long before they get to the state where the teacher might be held to account . |
| 29 | This happens long before they come into a residential establishment . |
| 30 | Children are learning to read long before they have any formal reading tuition . |