Example sentences of "[pron] [is] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which is a long time to go without It . |
| 2 | I suppose , after all , I 've had it since ‘ 66 , so I 've been well known for 26 years , which is a long time , and I do n't get anything much out of it any more . ’ |
| 3 | My father had a and he said it would be forty seven , say it would likely be forty seven , but that 's forty seven is two year eight month away , which is a long time for me to keep it going . |
| 4 | There is a long time until anyone has to think about Christmas shopping . |
| 5 | The intuition behind this result is that , when there is a long time to the delivery date , there is still much time for new information to affect the delivery price , and therefore any single piece of information is relatively unimportant . |
| 6 | The method can work if there is a long time for the change-over , if both channels can be kept open and if it does not matter that the two systems are being used haphazardly . |
| 7 | The current yield is therefore only really useful when there is a long time to maturity , in which case the capital gain or loss element will be small . |
| 8 | It 's a long time since we did that . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It 's a long time since I was that — if I ever was . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It 's a long time since anyone brought me flowers , ’ he smiled apologetically . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's a long time since I had any of those . ’ |
| 12 | It 's a long time till then , ’ a distraught Mrs Lawler answered . |
| 13 | As you wander along the ridge , it 's a long time before you lose sight of its neat white contours , and if you take a strong pair of binoculars on your walk , you can keep an eye on how the housemaid is turning your bed down . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , it 's a long time , I admit . |
| 15 | ‘ Well it 's a long time since dinner . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's a long time since I touched that organ . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's a long time off dark . |
| 18 | It 's a long time since I 've had some first-class leather to work with . ’ |
| 19 | Because it 's a long time since I felt like this , as good as I do now . |
| 20 | It 's a long time since you 've put in an appearance , is n't it ? |
| 21 | It 's a long time since I saw you looking so well . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's a long time , ’ Maddox said . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been thinking , it 's a long time since the two of us went out together , so I 'm taking Ruth for a bite to eat . |
| 24 | No , wait a minutes , do n't tell me — it 's a long time since — where was it ? |
| 25 | It 's a long time ago , though . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's a long time since anyone opened this door ! ’ said Mr Utterson . |
| 27 | It 's a long time before cloth wholly decays — look how long a bag of cement lasts under water when it 's used for emergency repairs to a sea-wall . |
| 28 | " It 's a long time ago , Mr Feather . " |
| 29 | ‘ It 's a long time away , ’ he said doubtfully . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's a long time , Master clerk . ’ |