Example sentences of "[subord] it be [art] long time " in BNC.
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1 | He had keen eyes and quick hands , so it was a long time before he got caught . |
2 | Because it 's a long time since I felt like this , as good as I do now . |
3 | Erm I mean he it sort of went through our staff inspector wise and er Paul was sort of chatting , and he was n't being unkind he said yes , they 'll be dinosaurs because it 's a long time since you 've had er any training like that . |
4 | Ma maybe twenty nine , even thirty , depending , but if it er , mind you I do n't know , because it 's a long time since I had a look at 'em . |
5 | The coffin was carried on a horse-drawn cart because it was a long time before a motor hearse became available . |
6 | They sat together , in the small-sized chairs brought up by Balor , and ate their breakfasts and told one another was n't this the finest meal ever and would they all look at the roasting oxen , because it was a long time , well it was years , really , since any of them had seen such a sight . |
7 | ‘ I 'll be in touch , ’ he said vaguely and though it was a long time before she would admit it to herself Sally knew it was all over . |
8 | When we see a distant galaxy we 're not seeing it as it is today , we 're seeing it as it was a long time ago . |
9 | This savage day , and he thought , inexplicably , for it was a long time ago — he had thought to have forgotten it — of a boy who was swallowed in a sewer . |