Example sentences of "[be] a long [noun] ago " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was a long time ago . |
| 32 | It was a long time ago and he was very small , he said , he could barely recall it . |
| 33 | But that was a long time ago . |
| 34 | ‘ It was a long time ago … ’ |
| 35 | ‘ It was a long time ago , James , a long time ago . |
| 36 | But that was a long time ago , before the war . |
| 37 | It was a long time ago . ’ |
| 38 | This savage day , and he thought , inexplicably , for it was a long time ago — he had thought to have forgotten it — of a boy who was swallowed in a sewer . |
| 39 | For most of us the uphill battle to avoid a downhill slide is one of the uphill battle to avoid a downhill slide is one of the hardest challenges in a sport where yesterday was a long time ago . |
| 40 | ‘ I used to sail a little cat-boat in Penobscot Bay , but that was a long time ago . |
| 41 | And Edna , banging her iron down on the cloth on the kitchen table , had replied , ‘ It was a long time ago , Miss Celia . |
| 42 | That was a long time ago . |
| 43 | But that was a long time ago when he lived on his father 's stud farm in Ireland . |
| 44 | It was a long time ago and the memory plays tricks but Derek thinks the following account is fairly accurate . |
| 45 | It was a long time ago now . |
| 46 | ‘ Anyway , that was a long time ago . |
| 47 | ‘ It was a long time ago , ’ Preston said . |
| 48 | Anyway that was a long time ago and I paid my debt to society . ’ |
| 49 | That was a long time ago , ’ I replied . |
| 50 | ‘ It was a long time ago , ’ he says . |
| 51 | I think it can do , I mean it was a long time ago and I 'm , I 'm |
| 52 | Bootlegging was a long time ago when er the people was n't allowed |
| 53 | It was a long time ago . |
| 54 | Oh well , it was a long time ago . ’ |
| 55 | ‘ It was a long time ago . |
| 56 | ‘ That was a long time ago , Mum , ’ Alice said quickly . |
| 57 | He said , ‘ That was a long time ago . |
| 58 | It was a long time ago . |
| 59 | He wanted to tell her , had never shared the secret with anyone before , only Lily , and that was a long time ago . |
| 60 | ‘ But it was a long time ago , before … ’ |