Example sentences of "[verb] a very long time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is something I should 'ave done a very long time ago . |
| 2 | In some ways those days when she had lived in Paula 's shadow seemed a very long time ago , in others they might have been just yesterday . |
| 3 | Thus it would seem that the ‘ dawn of civilisation ’ , so often quoted in a context suggesting that it represents a fairly finite occurrence taking a relatively short space of time , did , in all probability cover a very long time indeed , perhaps many thousands of years . |
| 4 | They seem a very long time ago now . |
| 5 | Of course , that will take a very long time indeed . |
| 6 | Although viruses have such a simple structure , biologists do not conclude that they are necessarily ‘ primitive ’ ; that is , that they evolved a very long time ago as precursors of more complex organisms . |
| 7 | ‘ He stated it had all started a very long time ago when he was serving in the army in India and he admitted to still being sexually frustrated . ’ |
| 8 | The subordinate status of professionals lasted a very long time indeed . |