Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been swimming a long time that first Sunday , far out in the bay , and he could easily have slipped the things on to the Bourani end of the beach while I was in the water . |
| 2 | They will say that they do n't have the courage to stay emotionally alive , particularly if they are serving a long sentence . |
| 3 | And if you 're building a long flight , it can always be broken up with separate landings , either where the flight changes direction , or just for a change of pace . |
| 4 | Well when you 're driving along you 're looking a long way ahead that 's why and anything that comes in the road you see it Oh I hope whoever was involved in that accident tonight was alright . |
| 5 | You ca n't park , a big car 's an advantage if you 're going a long way |
| 6 | • If you 're travelling a long way to buy fish , it 's worth asking for them to be bagged separately and , if they are freshwater fish , take a handful of zeolite with your , which the assistant can then drop into the bottom of the bag to help prevent ammonia problems during the journey . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're taking a long chance , sitting there and making with all this stuff . |
| 8 | Oh they 're taking a long time to get these last two runs are n't they ? |
| 9 | Whereas if it got torn in the hand painted days then you 're talking a long length of time . |
| 10 | And he answered : ‘ Yes , I have been waiting a long time , waiting to hear you say that . |
| 11 | ‘ Our fans have been waiting a long time for a game like Sunday 's . |
| 12 | Well Newcastle folk have been waiting a long time , and we all badly want to give them something to celebrate . ’ |
| 13 | There were only three crumpled cigarette-packs , a sign that whoever had been in the truck had possibly been waiting a long time . |
| 14 | I have been waiting a long time for a British magazine to offer intelligent coverage of mainstream sport in a way that Sports Illustrated , among others in America , seems to do effortlessly . |
| 15 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly . |
| 16 | I 've been waiting a long time , watching the roads , asking about new arrivals in the large towns . |
| 17 | ‘ Well ? ’ she says as though she 's been waiting a long time . |
| 18 | we have been waiting a long time traffic calming . |
| 19 | She has been waiting a long time for your kiss . ’ |
| 20 | She had booked a sleeper from Paris in terms of time — " I ca n't sit up all night " — not distance " I am going a long way south . " |
| 21 | These are excellent if you are considering a long stay of two or three months . |
| 22 | Th th that we er we , we are moving a long way away from this egalitarian position , we 've abandoned that and we 've said right we , we are |
| 23 | ‘ I think that we are getting a long way from the subject , ’ he said . |
| 24 | Back on his farm a few miles from a crash site , Mr Hayton said he 'd been expecting a longer sentence . |
| 25 | She is seen to suffer for what she did , and Mary , the other sister , likewise ‘ paid heavily ’ : let down by an Indian student with whom she had been having a long affair . |
| 26 | When he turned it was obvious from his face that he had been having a long tussle with himself . |
| 27 | Then they went back to camp and the only person there was Miguel the interpreter , who 'd been having a long conversation with one of the Indians and when he turned round all the other Indians had scarpered . |
| 28 | You would be wise to phone ahead , especially if you are coming a long way , to check opening times because they vary from time to time . |
| 29 | The Magistrates sitting at the new Court buildings in Liskeard , dealing mainly with motoring offences , together with drunkenness and minor public order offences , are continuing a long standing tradition of ‘ grass roots ’ justice . |
| 30 | Unless you are spending a long time somewhere I suggest you simply turn up at a crag and scrounge a look at someone else 's . |