Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adv] a long time " in BNC.
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1 | The minutes of the last meeting , the twentieth , the nineteenth of October , which is quite a long time ago , did anyone have any particular comments ? |
2 | Which is quite a long time . |
3 | What we 've done , is we 've set up an answer phone to pick up these calls after 13 seconds , after 13 rings sorry , about 30 seconds , which is quite a long time . |
4 | Such connections are occasionally recognised in orthodox medicine where there is not a long time delay between one complaint developing and the next , though the significance of the link between diseases is frequently missed . |
5 | It 's rather a long time is n't it ? |
6 | If you plant a crop , it 's quite a long time before it |
7 | ‘ It 's quite a long time since I made any . |
8 | That it 's quite a long time to achieve . |
9 | It 's quite a long time since breakfast . ’ |
10 | As the PAL:YPE recalls , this impression was based on a combination of physical environment , staff vision , and an existing commitment to an infrastructure including a permanent part-time library assistant : School A I was impressed with , because they too had already started to talk about resource-based learning and they already had as far as I remember … ( now my memory is fairly vague now because it is quite a long time ago ) … but as far as I remember they had a Headmaster , who was extremely interested , very keen indeed , and they had a committee already set up , I think to look into this . |