Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has taken Gary Pallister a long time to fulfil the promise that tempted Alex Ferguson to part with £2.3m but in America the Manchester United centre-half delivered a powerful case for elevation to first choice . |
| 2 | ‘ A friend of mine owned the studio and had been in the music industry a long time and was amazed that this 16-year-old had the whole production idea worked out in her head . ’ |
| 3 | Her granny , who had been a Brownie Guider a long time ago , had told her about how a Brownie smiles instead of crying when in trouble . |
| 4 | Arthur flew to London and stayed in the police morgue a long time with the body that he knew as closely as his own , thinking of Fred 's splendid good nature , his tough-mindedness , and his humour about the absurd and even the terrible . |
| 5 | Counc tonight it was mentioned the actual the work of the Regional Health Authority and , again , I worked for the Regional Health Authority a long time ago . |
| 6 | Discouraged and exhausted by all the struggles of orthodox opera production Brook abandoned the opera house circuit a long time ago but first with Carmen and now Pelleas he has reached into the heart of operas , purifying them without diminishing them . |
| 7 | Discouraged and exhausted by all the struggles of orthodox opera production , Brook abandoned the opera house circuit a long time ago but first with Carmen and now Pelleas he has reached into the heart of operas , purifying without diminishing them . |
| 8 | No , she was in Park Hospital a long time . |