Example sentences of "a [adv] long time [subord] [pers pn] " 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 will take a very long time before we can fully cooperate ’ , said Czech-born Thomas Messer . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It seemed a very long time before he came back . |
| 8 | 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 ? ’ |
| 9 | that , that Playback 's left , you know , for , for a very long time because I think you 'll agree and |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Then the man spoke his first word in a very long time as he looked at Beth panting away . |