Sentence examples for don't be long from inspiring English sources
Leila: Oh all right then / But don't be long.
Download this: 20 Feet Tall; Window Seat; Gone Baby, Don't Be Long; Love; Incense.
After he had his way, he was off to do his chores, and she called out, "Don't be long".
More delicate means exist to soften or modify these basic distinctions e.g., It's cold today, isn't it?; Isn't it still raining?; Shut the door, if you don't mind; Don't be long, will you?
But even these aren't up to snuff: Harrison's Blue Jay Way, a distracted evocation of staying up late in LA, is notable only for the fact it repeats the line "Don't be long" 29 times.
And yet their first collaboration wasn't even musical, the pair choosing to collaborate back in April 2011 on the semi-animated video for Badu's slinky Gone Baby, Don't Be Long.
There are lots of other strictures — don't flirt, don't do too much sports, don't be long-winded, remember that the audience in the first half hour is in a rush for information but that by eight it has changed to an audience that seeks company — but most rules flow from rule No. 1. Within those rules, there are variations.
Apologize, but don't be long-winded about it.
Walk down there, he says, but don't go too far and don't be too long.
