Example sentences of "and it [vb past] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And it made a long garage .
2 The part of her story about the pressure of Government cuts was true , and it seemed a long time since she 'd existed in a world that was n't penny-pinching .
3 And it took a long while for the letters to get there but he knew while he was on the boat that his wife was pregnant and er when he got here , she 'd it 'd been aborted .
4 Progress was slow and it took a long time to get a handicap , the first being 17 .
5 ‘ It was hard to fight my way out of the reserves and it took a long time for me to recover . ’
6 It was their affair , and it ended a long time ago .
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