Example sentences of "a [adv] long time [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | ‘ It will take a very long time before we can fully cooperate ’ , said Czech-born Thomas Messer . |
| 5 | Those actively interested in diamonds will have to wait a very long time before they will be able to put their hands on these cosmic ornaments . |
| 6 | Now that he was n't looming over her , she felt more composed , and it would be a very long time before she ever took a stranger on trust again . |
| 7 | I suppose we we would run the Independent as a professional publication , but it would be run at a loss for a very long time before you could turn it around . |
| 8 | It seemed a very long time before he came back . |
| 9 | Woodland has , therefore , been managed for a very long time and we shall examine this further in a moment . |
| 10 | Well , I shall need a lot of persuasion to change my mind , but I 've known Edward for a very long time and we 're good friends . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Her face looked anguished as if she had been secretly angry and victimized for a very long time and it was just beginning to seep out . |
| 14 | 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 ? ’ |
| 15 | that , that Playback 's left , you know , for , for a very long time because I think you 'll agree and |
| 16 | Threats against her , a suggestion that she should leave the country for a very long time if she did n't want to get badly hurt . |
| 17 | Then the man spoke his first word in a very long time as he looked at Beth panting away . |