Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [vb past] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richards won the toss and took a long time to decide to bat ; when he did so Dilley bowled superbly , and five wickets went down for just 54 . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't pick Davis , we chose each other and decided a long time ago that we wanted to play this tournament together . |
| 3 | He raised his eyes from the pattern and stared a long time at my friend and I — the only two white people on the journey . |
| 4 | It was one of those accidents that took a long time to begin to feel serious . |
| 5 | A tightly compacted surface of graded stones kept water at bay and lasted a long time . |
| 6 | Historical events that happened a long time ago . |