Example sentences of "[noun sg] a long time " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ We 've known each other a long time . |
| 32 | We 've known each other a long time . |
| 33 | We 're growing familiar , like we 've known each other a long time . |
| 34 | You and I have known each other a long time . |
| 35 | Harlow should of applied for a designation a long time ago if Harlow had been designated then surrounding councils would have had to live up their responsibilities to provide adequate sites for travellers which they have not done and successive governments have also failed to apply the caravan sites act nineteen sixty eight adequately . |
| 36 | Counc tonight it was mentioned the actual the work of the Regional Health Authority and , again , I worked for the Regional Health Authority a long time ago . |
| 37 | I know he told me that it was some sort of favour for something he did for your father a long time ago , but what ? ’ |
| 38 | The recession of the 1870s was shallow , but one that took the economy a long time to climb out of . |
| 39 | ‘ I had blown my whistle a long time before the ball was in the net . |
| 40 | I usually do this as little as possible so that the children stay in the game a long time . |
| 41 | ‘ I 've been in the game a long time and you do n't last forever . |
| 42 | I made it from old aluminium tent-poles , some of which I had found in the attic a long time previously and some I had got from the town dump . |
| 43 | And then suddenly she felt something running up her leg she looked down it was the spider , it had left Mademoiselle a long time ago and had secreted itself under a desk afraid of all the trampling feet around . |
| 44 | Mr Young looked bored , as if he had tired of the subject a long time ago , but his wife retained her sweet comforting expression without any visible effort . |
| 45 | This seems to indicate that the rock was of sacred significance a long time before Augustine visited . |
| 46 | But I found out his real secret a long time ago . |
| 47 | No telling us where I do n't know this one come but being a foreign driver I mean he he could have from anywhere in the country and he could have been on the road a long time . |
| 48 | At the same time , socialists do not like being reminded of their own dismal record when in government a long time ago . |
| 49 | That 's it ; except Nina stopped looking for any knight a long time ago . ’ |
| 50 | And it says a , i , i it 's stating things here er if you 've been wanted operation a long time the N S H er N S H that is it , yes . |
| 51 | Somerset CCC made its peace and admitted its mistake a long time ago . |
| 52 | Children will enjoy seeing the chaos as Henry leads all the young animals out into the forest , where it takes the farmer a long time to catch them . |
| 53 | ‘ I have lived in this world a long time , child . |
| 54 | sunshine a long time |
| 55 | He must have started writing his book a long time ago . |
| 56 | Philip hoped Uncle Walter would n't be in hospital a long time . |
| 57 | She knew he would be in hospital a long time and wondered how they would manage if he ever came home . |
| 58 | No , she was in Park Hospital a long time . |
| 59 | We are staying in what was the British part of the city a long time ago , and as you can imagine the ‘ British Imperialists ’ are not very popular here , but everyone is kind to us , and does n't mention such things . |
| 60 | At that , I was silent with mistrust a long time . |