Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I step back from it all , I see tennis was invented a long time ago . |
| 2 | ‘ The entire community was resettled a long time ago . |
| 3 | Iain Christie , chairman of the processing group , said : ‘ This promotion was arranged a long time ago , before this import situation surfaced . |
| 4 | The switched-off siren was taking a long time to die . |
| 5 | Brown Owl was gone a long time , but at last she came back , and leaning on her arm and limping was the pilot of the plane . |
| 6 | The estate was sold a long time ago to the Dukes of Devonshire and was tenanted at one time by the Reverend Thomas Fosbroke , the celebrated antiquary . |