Example sentences of "[adv] long time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People who have intelligence and a conscience wrestle with these problems and we 've come to a conclusion which is as good a deal as we think we can get , with the people of the area and with the Labour party and I think he said that if people in this authority are sufficiently obstructive for a sufficiently long time then people will change their minds . |
| 2 | Even if that figure were now to be drastically reduced orthodox interpretations of the fossil evidence together with orthodox evolutionary theory would require that the last generalized man/ape , the " missing link " of the early Darwinian imagination , must have died out an exceedingly long time ago . |
| 3 | ‘ No , really — think about the last time you went a day without wearing make-up and I bet it would be a frighteningly long time ago . ’ |
| 4 | That was , that was an awfully long time ago was n't it ? |
| 5 | If he seems to have had a foot in the door for an awfully long time then that is probably because he made his debut as an 18–year-old during the Dermot Reeve era . |
| 6 | ‘ It has been an awful long time just getting to this stage , but it will be worth it if we can succeed . ’ |
| 7 | Yeah the minutes of the meeting of the nineteenth of February nineteen ninety two , that 's an awful long time ago erm , and it is proposed to bring into force byelaws for district and parish council-owned land upon or as soon as possible after the first of April nineteen ninety two . |
| 8 | Seems an awful long time ago in some ways , you know , camping . |
| 9 | We had questions at the very beginning of this meeting which seems an awful long time ago now er asking for youth provision in other areas of the county . |
| 10 | It took many of them an awful long time even to introduce themselves . |
| 11 | Stella realises that although her sister 's husband 's death was extremely tragic it was all the same a ‘ pretty long time ago ’ . |
| 12 | There was no problem all that long time ago , I do n't know why we have n't |
| 13 | McKellar argued that while more than 70 per cent of people answering a questionnaire reported at least one hypnagogic experience the actual incidence may be even higher , as " it can be overlooked for a very long time even by those who subsequently realize that they have the experience frequently … |
| 14 | A very long time later I woke from a deep sleep . |
| 15 | Stars of this kind are ejecting material , and it has even been suggested that Gamma Velorum may become a supernova in the future , though probably not for a very long time yet . |
| 16 | Never before , and probably not for a very long time again will it be possible to recreate such an exhibition , containing as it does important paintings from major Western and Russian museums and private collections , as well as outstanding works from circa fifty provincial and specialised museums in the former Soviet Union . |
| 17 | Lorne gazed at me for a very long time again . |
| 18 | It seemed like a very long time ago when I and others followed Lovat into this house . |
| 19 | SOUL was once — a very long time ago — the sound of a psyche breaking up , shattered by desire or loss — a wracked catharsis , an ailing , dejected , broken sound , essentially tragic . |
| 20 | Although viruses have such a simple structure , biologists do not conclude that they are necessarily ‘ primitive ’ ; that is , that they evolved a very long time ago as precursors of more complex organisms . |
| 21 | In some ways those days when she had lived in Paula 's shadow seemed a very long time ago , in others they might have been just yesterday . |
| 22 | A very long time ago , she must have been pretty . |
| 23 | Experts now solve the problem by placing them in a separate order which , they believe , branched off a very long time ago and did not lead to more advanced forms . |
| 24 | Such a very long time ago . |
| 25 | There was someone before in Alex 's day , that 's a very long time ago . |
| 26 | there have n't been many ice hockey sims on the 64 — the only two I can recall ( Powerplay Hockey and Superstar Ice Hockey ) were a very long time ago . |
| 27 | The comment : ‘ a very long time ago ’ , was appended to the previous use of honey ( 1 ) and yoghurt ( 1 ) . |
| 28 | ‘ This is something I should 'ave done a very long time ago . |
| 29 | The people in his past had been real once but , although that was a very long time ago , he had never been able to forget them or what they had done to his life . |
| 30 | ‘ A very long time ago . |