Example sentences of "was [adv] [prep] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not going to school , and having to pretend I did n't live on the island all the time , has meant that I did n't grow up with anybody of my own age ( except Eric , of course , but even he was away for a long time ) , and about the time I was thinking of venturing further afield and getting to know more people Eric went crazy , and things got a bit uncomfortable in the town for a while . |
| 2 | It was not until a long time afterwards that Catriona thought she understood the reason Sarah seemed young , which was simple : she looked directly at everyone and let them look back at her . |
| 3 | that may mean that we meet a demoralized norwich team away on saturday — or — that they got boosted by their fine performance — ekoku was back after a long time injury for norwich . |
| 4 | For our purposes what matters is that RNA , or something like it , was around for a long time before it became self-replicating . |
| 5 | ‘ I was there for a long time , but I ca n't remember anyone visiting me . |