Example sentences of "[pron] was a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was a long time because everyone was gassing in the shop . |
| 2 | Sorry I was a long time I did n't |
| 3 | Which was a long time ago . |
| 4 | She was a long time in answering . |
| 5 | There was a long time — several lifetimes — when the only sound was the clatter of the rain against the window , then Vitor walked to the cot . |
| 6 | It was a long time since she had last seen Michael : it was seven months , two weeks and three days , four if she counted today . |
| 7 | It was a long time ago . |
| 8 | We called the police and ambulance but it was a long time before the police arrived . |
| 9 | He had keen eyes and quick hands , so it was a long time before he got caught . |
| 10 | It was a long time ago and he was very small , he said , he could barely recall it . |
| 11 | It was a long time before we recovered from the loss , and I vowed never to have another dog because we could never replace Sorrel . |
| 12 | It was a long time before his sobs subsided , and by then other , less ugly sounds were coming from the room downstairs . |
| 13 | It was a long time before they subsided sufficiently for him to relax his muscles and lie still in the rough familiar comfort of tangled blankets . |
| 14 | It was a long time since he 'd organised anything like a fête . |
| 15 | It was a long time . |
| 16 | It was a long time since they 'd done anything together . |
| 17 | It was a long time since he had seen Mr Whistle . |
| 18 | Several workers suggested that there must be a tissue phase , in which the Plasmodium went to ground , but it was a long time before objects , evidently forms of the parasite , were recognized in microscopic sections of the spleen and liver of infected domestic fowl , monkeys and finally man . |
| 19 | ‘ It was a long time ago … ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It was a long time ago , James , a long time ago . |
| 21 | It was a long time before she saw anything that would explain the curious horse call ; then she saw a notice-board standing up , gaunt and solitary , ahead of her , and she hurried towards it . |
| 22 | It was a long time ago . ’ |
| 23 | He admitted modestly that it was a long time since he had been at school , but one phrase he had understood was ‘ Vive la link box ! ’ . |
| 24 | While this was a good thing , such improvements were at first only superficial , and it was a long time before everyday living conditions in deaf boarding institutions and day classes were of acceptable standard . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll be in touch , ’ he said vaguely and though it was a long time before she would admit it to herself Sally knew it was all over . |
| 26 | Some hours later — no one counted , but it was a long time — eight soaking , snow-covered individuals just — but only just — on the right side of hypothermia made it to the main Teesdale road , which snow ploughs had kept open . |
| 27 | The coffin was carried on a horse-drawn cart because it was a long time before a motor hearse became available . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | It was a long time before I could believe that it was really Kāli , come back to find me . |
| 30 | It was a long time since the Professor had addressed him by other than his Christian name . |