Actually, I underestimated the atrocities, I have to admit.

There followed a prolonged silence.

I had met Bicky for the first time at a species of beano or jamboree down in

Don't cry

You must be tired after such a long trip.

It won't be that long.

Then they were on the highroad and she saw hedges and trees.

Then they grow exponentially.

You'll notice that, for the first four centuries, there's hardly any growth at all, just 0.2 percent.

At least it will be 4 years...

For a very long time!

Well, the short run, it's hunky dory, but the long run, it's humpty dumpty.

When he couldn't reach you he went home.

My legs ached after the long walk.

Short pleasure, long repentance.

And this is about a little over four billion years ago.

But I didn't want to argue semantics with these boys, so after a very long, uncomfortable pause, I said,

The captain was the last person to leave the sinking ship.

What have you done?

I don't think I can wait that long.

You must be tired after such a long trip.

It doesn't take very long.

It won't take so long.

It would take about 40 minutes for light to get from the Sun to Jupiter,

Not that long, but long enough.

The long drought was followed by famine.

And I said to her, Well, your year is going to be long and arduous, dear.

Remember how at the last minute they changed it? They were gonna charge us a penalty.

The company president's welcome was so long that we were squeezed for time in the second half of the ceremony.

Until finally, after many years, the day of the last hunt arrived.

Let's make a long story short.

And I thought, Yeah, he does have a really good point here.

It's countries like Nigeria, which are worse off than if they'd never had oil.

I couldn't go back to sleep last night.

Not long.

It'll be a few days before we really know whether we're successful.

I can't wait that long.

How long is this batch gonna be good for? An hour? Two?

Meteorologists and environmental scientists show the growth of major hurricanes and the recession over the years of many of the world's glaciers.

Not long, Sam. Go back to sleep.

In my lifetime, former colonies gained independence, and then finally they started to get healthier, and healthier, and healthier.

like Kiribati and Nauru, they were seated at the very end of these immensely long rows.

Prosperity is a shared endeavor.

Each of the hens has a dozen chickens.

I'm saying that I start with some amount of money, it grows by twenty five percent, and I end up with one hundred after it grew by twenty five percent.