Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some pact they made a long time ago . ’ |
| 2 | At any rate it took a long time to synthesize . |
| 3 | But it 's like pouring kettles of hot water into a cold bath it takes a long time for them to make an impression . ’ |
| 4 | A lot of people seem to refer to Jesus as a good man who lived a long time ago ; a man who taught about God and who became ‘ Son of God ’ by his resurrection . |
| 5 | I thought that was a lesson we learnt a long time ago ! ’ |
| 6 | He wanted to call her ‘ Mam ’ , the way he had a long time ago , but she said it made her feel middle-aged and dull and ordinary , so he must never say it again , especially when other people were around . |
| 7 | So you could just all out in rhyming prose which takes a long time . |
| 8 | Some of them you remember the table we had a long time ago showing the reactivity of different elements , particularly the metals when we were looking at metals . |