Example sentences of "be a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ There 's quite a cloud of smoke , ’ muttered Heather uneasily , ‘ and we 're a long way from it up here . |
2 | ‘ Ah well , my dear , you must remember they 're a long way from home , and many of them have n't had much feminine company for a while . |
3 | ‘ Of course , they look smaller when they 're a long way off , ’ Masklin muttered . |
4 | They 're a long way away . ’ |
5 | As I said , I 'm never often out , and if you 're a long way from home it 's always good to have some place to drop in to . |
6 | We 're a long way from Cambridge now , and my name is Rose . ’ |
7 | But it 's hard on Tour when you 're a long way from home and the only creature comforts you have are a television , a telephone and a McDonald 's around the corner . |
8 | ‘ But they 're a long way away . ’ |
9 | You 're a long way from home here , right ? |
10 | ‘ And you 're a long way from being a saint , are n't you ? ’ he drawled mischievously . |
11 | If things go drastically wrong and you 're a long way from home and need to call for help the most effective way is with an orange smoke flare . |
12 | We 're a long way off retiring yet , Marlene . |
13 | But , I mean we 're a long way from that , and I do n't want people to think that I 'm from saying er redundancies are imminent , er |
14 | We 're a long way from anywhere here , Fran . |
15 | It 's mainly the feeling of insecurity when they 're a long way out from a telephone . |
16 | when you go into the villa , A you 've , got to have a car because there 's not a shop and B you 're a long way from the airport and if you get taxis you 're talking about fifty pound a touch from the airport , so that 's twice , so there 's a hundred pound gone already |
17 | ‘ After all … you 're a long time retired ’ , he says . |
18 | With a first baby you 're a long time , especially with my build . |
19 | Webb , 28 , who played for Northern until his medical studies took him to the west country , said : ‘ You 're a long time retired . |
20 | Cor you 're a long time coming back from the Rose and Crown , do n't forget that 's where we were |
21 | They 're a long interview as well . |
22 | It would have been a long story , the warming of friendship and respect between the barrel-chested Iraqi Colonel and the young man from England who had proved he could stalk and kill . |
23 | Oh it would have been a long while after the war yes . |
24 | ‘ It has just been a long battle for us all . |
25 | To a few of us it may seem like only yesterday , but to the Princess , I suspect , it has been a long decade , for she has completed a most extraordinary metamorphosis . |
26 | Blast , it had been a long night . |
27 | ‘ It 's been a long night . |
28 | Phil Farrand says it is brilliant … it has been a long slog and has meant a lot of hard work |
29 | It 's been a long road back from those dark and confused days , and Pam is grateful for whatever she can achieve these days . |
30 | ‘ It 's been a long road , ’ said their coach , Toni Szifris , who has guided the nucleus of the team from a group of minis , playing in Portobello , through high school . |