Example sentences of "[adv] it [was/were] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the names and numbers were read out it was a long while before we heard the name of Deerhurst . |
| 2 | You got the band and you put them like that , and you twisted it round , did that and then it was a long band you see . |
| 3 | And even then it was a long time before the implications of the theory for massive stars were understood . |
| 4 | He tried re-dialling two or three times , but either it was a long conversation or he could n't time it right to slip in between calls . |
| 5 | Although the RAF had standard instrument panels from 1936 onwards it was a long time before the merits of this tidy arrangement really caught on in the USA . |