Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [art] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old Lords ' Act was a long time a-dying ; and non-traders were still unable to claim the benefits of bankruptcy open to traders . |
| 2 | Bootlegging was a long time ago when er the people was n't allowed |
| 3 | If a week is a long time in politics , two days were a long time in the right hon. and learned Gentleman 's life last week . |
| 4 | But twelve days was a long time . |
| 5 | And Peter Brook 's powerful adaptation of William Golding 's Lord of the Flies was a long time on the shelf before securing a release in 1963 . |
| 6 | Thirty years was a long time to stay with one company . |
| 7 | Twenty years was a long time to bear dependence if your spirit craved something stronger and your intelligence rebelled at continual submission to powers who neither , Anna felt , knew or cared how she and Peter lived . |
| 8 | Ten years was a long time , Mary thought . |
| 9 | The relative speed with which emancipation came about after he ascended the throne gives the impression that he addressed himself to it with enthusiasm , but even in Russian politics six years was a long time . |
| 10 | And a month was a long time … |
| 11 | A month was a long time . |
| 12 | These whirlwind developments were a long time in the planning but the results came with staggering speed and remarkable good nature and co-operation which finally sees the rugby world totally united once again but with a new combined force lurking below the equator . |
| 13 | Britain was a long time recovering after 1945 . |
| 14 | And September was a long time away . |
| 15 | Their affair was a long time ago and has nothing to do with now . |
| 16 | Swindon 's glory days in the FA Cup were a long time ago while Cambridge have been to the quarter finals two years running . |
| 17 | But the end was a long time coming . |
| 18 | The bus was a long time coming and Gloria would n't play anything , just stood there staring at nothing until finally she said , ‘ Now I ai n't got him no more . ’ |
| 19 | Mrs Freda Bastianelli , the mother of four-month-old twin boys , who has a house on the shoreline , complained that another year was a long time to wait for a possible cure . |
| 20 | But the reason we , unlike the Americans , have no telephones on planes is largely because a consensus on frequencies was a long time coming . |
| 21 | Christmas was a long time away and it would mount up . |