Example sentences of "a [adv] [adj] time [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nuns , Nenna 's nuns , what a very long time ago it seemed , in a class known as plain sewing , had taught her bygone arts , darning , patching , reinforcing collars with tape , which at last found their proper object in Willis 's outmoded garments . |
| 2 | Eighty years does n't seem a very long time when you consider the art of acting has been prospering in Europe over the last four hundred or so years , quite apart from the great traditions of ancient Greek drama . |
| 3 | Most of the company wives do n't see their husbands for about sixty five per cent of the year , which is actually a very long time when you 're living in these sort of conditions . |
| 4 | A very long time later I woke from a deep sleep . |
| 5 | HIV is a very weak virus and can only survive for a very short time when it is exposed to air outside the human body . |