Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] a long time " in BNC.
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1 | He 'd realized a long time ago that he 'd married a woman who cuddled complete strangers in the street and probably had a season ticket for West Ham in her handbag . |
2 | He 'd spent a long time twisting bits of wire together and finding a safe way to steal electricity from the fusebox . |
3 | Besides , he 'd learned a long time before that you can love a person without loving what they do . |
4 | But the poem of his that he most needed reassurance about was Homage to Sextus Propertius ( 1919 ) , and for that he had to wait a long time . |
5 | Then , there was a description of the child 's functioning : he had taken a long time to settle into school , e.g. routine and order of the class . |