Example sentences of "a long time since " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It was a long time since she had last seen Michael : it was seven months , two weeks and three days , four if she counted today . |
| 2 | It has been a long time since the women 's game has been so open ; hopefully it will continue . |
| 3 | It is a long time since any potential national leader in Britain leapt up from the starting-blocks in quite such a dramatic way . |
| 4 | It had been a long time since we last saw one of those , so we bought ice cream , sat in the sun and wrote postcards at the Reykjahlid shop . |
| 5 | ‘ And a trip on the S-Bahn , it is a long time since I had one . ’ |
| 6 | It 's a long time since we did that . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a long time since I was that — if I ever was . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It 's a long time since anyone brought me flowers , ’ he smiled apologetically . |
| 9 | It is a long time since politics were more vibrant , at least for anyone who is not a professional Conservative . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's a long time since I had any of those . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It is a long time since I went outside . |
| 12 | It was a long time since he 'd organised anything like a fête . |
| 13 | It seemed a long time since she had been out of her apartment , longer still since she had taken a walk . |
| 14 | It was a long time since they 'd done anything together . |
| 15 | It was a long time since he had seen Mr Whistle . |
| 16 | I did try and help her about how to run a war because it 's such a long time since anybody 's run a war — I mean the technical methods of running a war — which she did very well . |
| 17 | He admitted modestly that it was a long time since he had been at school , but one phrase he had understood was ‘ Vive la link box ! ’ . |
| 18 | This is a very beautiful music , serene , noble , discreet , poignant , composed , grief-stricken , understated , sublime — it has been a long time since I discovered anything quite so touching . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's a long time since I touched that organ . |
| 20 | It was a long time since the Professor had addressed him by other than his Christian name . |
| 21 | It had been a long time since he had felt like that . |
| 22 | It was a long time since Adam had had a dream about Zosie . |
| 23 | IT 'S been a long time since Sister Jacques-Marie took her clothes off for public viewing . |
| 24 | It must be a long time since they were cleaned ; they are very dirty . |
| 25 | It was a dream , it had been a long time since Hari had seen her mother smile for the death of her husband had knocked all the spirit out of Win Morgan . |
| 26 | It 's a long time since I 've had some first-class leather to work with . ’ |
| 27 | Because of the ancient feud with the Dwarfs , it had been a long time since any High Elf had set foot on the Old World . |
| 28 | It seems a long time since a general book on this theme appeared in English , and John Whitehead 's provides an all-round introduction . |
| 29 | Because it 's a long time since I felt like this , as good as I do now . |
| 30 | It had been a long time since anyone had enjoyed rubbing cream into her back . |