Example sentences of "it was [adj] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was all a long time , such a very long time , ago . |
| 2 | ‘ It is none of my affair and , besides , it was all a long time ago . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Sometimes I sang with Lingdale Silver Band , ’ she says , ‘ but it was all a long time ago . ’ |
| 4 | Not because she could n't remember , but because it was such a long time since she 'd seen her and she felt strange , suddenly , knowing that this time tomorrow they would be on their way to Scotland and she would be waiting for them . |
| 5 | This element of the second stanza creates a sensation that Tithonus now refers to himself as a completely different man to what he was in his youth as it was such a long time ago . |