Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] a long [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " He should have done so a long time ago . |
| 2 | Mother Bernie had said so a long time ago and all Preston 's life 's experiences since then had born it out . |
| 3 | In the resonance technique a series of pulses of either compressional or torsional waves is transmitted down a long rod mechanically coupled to the specimen under investigation . |
| 4 | ‘ We should have got together a long time ago , when I was n't an old man . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If he 'd gone away a long time ago , it would have been better , ’ said Mrs Clancy wryly . |
| 6 | The death grant has been finished quite a long time ago , but there was the death grant erm because I can remember you know this , people telling me about this . |
| 7 | I 've read somewhere a long while ago , there was some sort of warning and I ca n't remember the details you know . |