Example sentences of "long [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These names are either prescribed by law ( wholemeal bread ) or clearly descriptive ( beef stew and dumpling ) or , in the case of fish fingers , the name has been used for so long that everyone knows what they are . |
| 2 | ‘ We were so good for so long that we took it for granted . |
| 3 | Like some fantastic prison , where you could drink so deeply and so long that you forgot your bondage . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's been with me so long that I forget it 's there , but it can be a bit off-putting to strangers . ’ |
| 5 | Her fair hair was so long that it touched his hand whenever they sat side by side . |
| 6 | To the shrew , 24 hours seems so long that it divides it up into many smaller intervals of activity and rest , effectively experiencing many days within one rotation of the Earth . |
| 7 | He longed then , suddenly , and with a passion that had been suppressed so long that it took him by surprise , for someone to share all this with . |
| 8 | He is speaking for a Government which has been in power so long that it believes it has a God-given right to govern and denies anyone the right to criticise . |
| 9 | Oh I I think I shall have to turn this one up a little Dad says it 's alright being long cos it makes me look taller well I do n't know about that what do you think ? |
| 10 | The cellulose chains which are laid down in the cell-wall are long and they have their length more or less parallel to the length of the cell or fibre , that is to say in the direction of the applied stress . |
| 11 | used to publish what areas were going to have power cuts , d' ya remember ? , you were in Bristol at the time , er Stuart was the same , they used to publish what area would be cut off and for what time and for how long and you knew you would get cut off , sort of ten o'clock in the morning till three in the afternoon , usu , four or five hours at a time was n't it ? |
| 12 | Did n't stay long but I expect they 'll be back . |
| 13 | It was about five inches long when I bought it a month ago , and now it is approaching 10 inches . |
| 14 | This is something I was trying to get clarified but I do n't care really as long as somebody gets it . |
| 15 | And then we come to the sixth race which is the eight forty five , well I 'm going to go for Angie Baby here in trap three , she 's erm a little bit of a kidder but she might have the legs of these , as long as something leads her , she 'll come and erm try and do them on the line , so it 's Angie Baby for me there , erm Ruby Blue in trap six is a danger . |
| 16 | I could understand the term ‘ genetic engineering ’ — well , as long as nobody asked me to speak for a minute without hesitation or deviation — and I recognized ‘ DNA ’ , which was said to be the basic stuff of life . |
| 17 | Well I mean to say as long as they last him . |
| 18 | I think they , if they , I mean as long as they know we are going to tell them or give them something each month they ought , ought to begin to look out for it . |
| 19 | I do n't care as long as they know them so that somebody else has got some responsibility , she said I just ca n't be getting away with it and and , and erm being irresponsible . |
| 20 | As long as they know what kinds of acts or events might be prosecutable , they take the view that the arcane business of the law is best left to senior staff . |
| 21 | Dinah paid no heed ; as long as they kept her on , she could put up with whatever came . |
| 22 | Or as long as they said nothing , I 'd say nothing ; or if they started talking , I 'd say , ‘ Listen , inside you or get about your business . ’ |
| 23 | The ‘ temptations ’ of the jazz era in London 's West End , especially to Cup finalists , were a real danger , and Chapman constantly reminded his players that ‘ they only count as long as they retain their form on the field ’ . |
| 24 | These males are still in their bright nuptial plumage and as long as they retain it they maintain the high levels of vigilance observed when accompanying their females . |
| 25 | ‘ As long as they get me past the post . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Why should terrorists care what it looks like — as long as they get their money , or whatever they 're after ? ’ |
| 27 | Goodey has reported and concluded , that as long as they get their hundred per cent minimum requirement they can still go on their contribution holidays , and many and my scheme members feel that this is just a it 's a freebie as far as they 're concerned and scheme members do n't do not benefit from the surplus and they would like to have seen or preferred to have seen |
| 28 | As long as they pretend they have no alliance , none of the four needs say a word about the share-buying . |
| 29 | erm so therefore as long as they take their history |
| 30 | Our dad says he does n't mind what people eat , as long as they eat it all . |