Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [art] long [noun] ago " in BNC.
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1 | Some conversions that were done a long time ago would not pass today 's stringent building regulations . |
2 | The comments above by Sisam ( 1915 ) and Hall ( 1920 ) arise directly from Skeats 's views , and , although these comments were made a long time ago , it would be a mistake to think that the Anglo-Norman argument has now been abandoned . |
3 | These points were made a long time ago by Kahn-Freund in ( 1940–1 ) 4 MLR 221 , but have never been satisfactorily answered . |
4 | And thoughts that were thought a long time ago are as dead as old Squeez-Ee detergent bottles , and as slow to biodegrade . |
5 | It may be that there is now enough information available to answer questions that were asked a long time ago but never answered . |