Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [be] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He admitted modestly that it was a long time since he had been at school , but one phrase he had understood was ‘ Vive la link box ! ’ . |
| 2 | He had keen eyes and quick hands , so it was a long time before he got caught . |
| 3 | The method can work if there is a long time for the change-over , if both channels can be kept open and if it does not matter that the two systems are being used haphazardly . |
| 4 | And it 's a long time ago — ’ |
| 5 | I can not get myself to react with critical coolness towards this music ; every tissue , every nerve vibrates in me and it is a long time since I had such an enduring feeling of rapture as when listening to the latter overture . " |
| 6 | While this was a good thing , such improvements were at first only superficial , and it was a long time before everyday living conditions in deaf boarding institutions and day classes were of acceptable standard . |
| 7 | Celtic Crescent was n't a crescent , and it was a long time since it had been Celtic . |
| 8 | They regarded him as something more or less from outer space , and it was a long time before he and his family felt themselves to be part of the community . |
| 9 | She had to talk for as long as he wanted and it was a long time . |
| 10 | Merymose 's face hardened , and it was a long time before he answered . |
| 11 | Luke Scott was soon back in her thoughts , and it was a long time before she slept . |
| 12 | Then his smoke-outline blurred to darkness and it was a long time until I woke . |
| 13 | He had n't wanted to learn more about them , not really , ugly things after all and it was a long time ago . |
| 14 | His kisses were deep and cherishing and hungry , and it was a long time before they eventually came up for air . |
| 15 | It was discovered not on earth in fact but on the sun in the first place , in about eighteen sixty-eight erm absorption lines were seen , and , and it was a long time after that before people realised there was some helium on the earth and , and , and eventually erm helium , some gas was found bubbling up through , from a pit in the Black Forest and , and analysed and found to be helium . |
| 16 | Some day we will be married ; I am certain of it , but it is a long time to wait till I am of age and we must think of some other way before then . |
| 17 | In the cases that I have mentioned everything is in order — all the forms have been filled in and returned by the contractor , the work has been completed satisfactorily — but it is a long time before the cheque is processed and the contractor paid . |
| 18 | but it 's a long time pl er term , we 've got ta look at it and we 've got to do something about it for , for heating if we 're going to use it , if we 're going to let it or something |
| 19 | We called the police and ambulance but it was a long time before the police arrived . |
| 20 | Several workers suggested that there must be a tissue phase , in which the Plasmodium went to ground , but it was a long time before objects , evidently forms of the parasite , were recognized in microscopic sections of the spleen and liver of infected domestic fowl , monkeys and finally man . |
| 21 | Some hours later — no one counted , but it was a long time — eight soaking , snow-covered individuals just — but only just — on the right side of hypothermia made it to the main Teesdale road , which snow ploughs had kept open . |
| 22 | ‘ But it was a long time ago , before … ’ |
| 23 | Not a dish for a dieter , she allowed , but it was a long time since she 'd enjoyed anything quite so much . |
| 24 | Lord , Ellie , but it was a long time ago , and what a green girl I was . |
| 25 | But it was a long time ago and other things have happened since . ’ |
| 26 | Because it 's a long time since I felt like this , as good as I do now . |
| 27 | Erm I mean he it sort of went through our staff inspector wise and er Paul was sort of chatting , and he was n't being unkind he said yes , they 'll be dinosaurs because it 's a long time since you 've had er any training like that . |
| 28 | Ma maybe twenty nine , even thirty , depending , but if it er , mind you I do n't know , because it 's a long time since I had a look at 'em . |
| 29 | The coffin was carried on a horse-drawn cart because it was a long time before a motor hearse became available . |
| 30 | They sat together , in the small-sized chairs brought up by Balor , and ate their breakfasts and told one another was n't this the finest meal ever and would they all look at the roasting oxen , because it was a long time , well it was years , really , since any of them had seen such a sight . |