Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone reported a long time ago that an old lady , on her deathbed , was heard to say : ‘ Weel , it will be a great blessing to hear at last the real truth of the Gowrie conspiracy ’ . |
| 2 | He 's given me a few jokes but only ones he used a long time ago ! ’ |
| 3 | The fact that a criminal offence occurred a long time ago does not absolve the wrong-doer from guilt , and justice must be done , whether it is 30 or 300 years later . |
| 4 | I thought that was a lesson we learnt a long time ago ! ’ |
| 5 | THE NATIONAL MARRIAGE GUIDANCE COUNCIL ( now called RELATE ) recognised a long time ago that the fabric of society has changed and one of the reasons for the organisation 's change of name is that it now deals with all personal crisis situations . |
| 6 | The sweet taste of this victory lingered a long time on the lips of Dublin dykes . |
| 7 | It seemed a long time since she had been out of her apartment , longer still since she had taken a walk . |
| 8 | The ditch seemed a long time ago : two weeks and three days back to the lonely silent abandoned struggle in the attic , to the life that seemed now to be the dream , with Shellerton the reality . |
| 9 | I sat for what seemed a long time in the cold darkness , breathing shallowly , not moving at all , just waiting , and eventually there was a lightening of the shadows and a luminosity in the wood , and the moon rose clear and bright in the east . |
| 10 | A month seemed a long time to him too . |
| 11 | The prospect of another two years of study seemed a long time . |
| 12 | The prospect of another two years of study seemed a long time . |
| 13 | It was less the fear of hell ( which seemed a long time away ) than the fear of being a non-person which prompted me to ask my parents if I could be baptised . |
| 14 | After what seemed a long time , but was in fact only seconds , an almost inaudible whisper issued into the room . |
| 15 | Ruth waited for what seemed a long time . |
| 16 | It seemed a long time before the railway lines began to shake , and they heard the train coming . |
| 17 | It seemed a long time since she had stood there watching the boats and noticing how brief lack of caution led to trouble . |
| 18 | It seemed a long time since Dana 's phone call had brought Roman Wyatt into her life and she badly needed to be by herself to think about the turmoil he had caused in her ordered existence . |
| 19 | It seemed a long time before anyone answered and she felt rather stupid standing there with the bottles . |
| 20 | It seemed a long time since the small breakfast that was served in Spain , and in the end Felipe put a portion of each on her plate . |
| 21 | The part of her story about the pressure of Government cuts was true , and it seemed a long time since she 'd existed in a world that was n't penny-pinching . |
| 22 | It seemed a long time before footsteps came along the hall , the door was pushed wider and Guy appeared with an armful of logs . |
| 23 | He took the instrument and listened to Sandy 's heart for what seemed a long time . |
| 24 | It seemed a long time when I was a little girl , ’ added Mrs Teasdale . |
| 25 | But it seemed a long time . |
| 26 | But this , as he would say , is a long story , and happened a long time ago . |
| 27 | After all , these things happened a long time ago . |
| 28 | Historical events that happened a long time ago . |
| 29 | I do n't know when this story started but it certainly happened a long time ago . |
| 30 | She swallowed hard and began , ‘ Well , the Big Bang happened a long time ago . |