Example sentences of "[be] a very long time [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Anyway , it had been a very long time ago , goodness gracious , it had been at least six years .
2 there have n't been many ice hockey sims on the 64 — the only two I can recall ( Powerplay Hockey and Superstar Ice Hockey ) were a very long time ago .
3 There was someone before in Alex 's day , that 's a very long time ago .
4 That 's a very long time ago !
5 The people in his past had been real once but , although that was a very long time ago , he had never been able to forget them or what they had done to his life .
6 And then , with an abrupt gesture , ‘ But it was a very long time ago , and I do not know the details , for I was never told .
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