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 .
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