Example sentences of "a [adv] long time [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vienna Dear Fräulein Arandt , It is a very long time since I heard from you . |
| 2 | But it is now a very long time since I was there . ’ |
| 3 | It 's taken us both a very long time but I feel stronger and emotionally much more stable now . |
| 4 | This is something that 's been on my mind for a very long time and I mean , I , I , I think it 's about time we started getting rid of these things and updating our own toilets you know . |
| 5 | I mean when I wrote this book of bible poems in fact it took me a very long time and I started all sorts of subjects which I did n't finish , so , no , you have to be obedient to whether the poem intends to get written or not . |
| 6 | It took me a very long time because I do n't have the kind of face which people immediately commit to memory , but if you keep popping up for thirty-five years , then inevitably people are going to say , ‘ Do n't I know you ? ’ |
| 7 | that , that Playback 's left , you know , for , for a very long time because I think you 'll agree and |