Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] a long [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Humankind condemned itself a long while ago to a perpetual diet of catastrophe . |
| 2 | It must have been the change in engine tone that woke her a long time later . |
| 3 | Sheldukher killed him a long time ago . ’ |
| 4 | We lost ours a long time ago , but some people are still clinging to it , as they would to a piece of wreckage , in the hope that it will remain afloat . |
| 5 | Well I actually rang them up to say , why why are you taking my wages into consideration , I did n't break up this marriage , I met him a long time afterwards an I was told by a C S A agent or clerk or whatever , that my wedding was nonessential spending . |
| 6 | It took me a long while though to realise that was Meg Ryan at the beginning . |
| 7 | It took me a long time even to begin to look at what I was going through . |
| 8 | Took my a long while ago . |
| 9 | Big overlap on , especially on stuff like this about the dynamics erm do n't forget that sort of first sheet I gave you a long time ago about |
| 10 | ‘ I forgave you a long time ago . ’ |