Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prospect of another two years of study seemed a long time . |
| 2 | The prospect of another two years of study seemed a long time . |
| 3 | The seal spent a long time underwater , thinking . |
| 4 | But for Ben Hunt ; his passion for motorbikes started a long time ago . |
| 5 | It seemed to Lefevre that the splash took a long time in coming . |
| 6 | Hyacinth took a long time to respond . |
| 7 | ‘ The coach arrived a long time ago ! |
| 8 | The girl spent a long time wondering whether she could pluck up courage to mention she 'd thought of going to the Swimming Gala if her mother really felt there was nothing she could do . |
| 9 | The story of Eddie Aikau began a long time ago : |
| 10 | The 1988–89 Committee spent a long time agonising over the problem of how to keep the broadcasters at arms length , so that their editors would not be able to provide the signal in ways that might be journalistically attractive but would be repugnant to Members . |
| 11 | Although the academic study of Roman law took a long time to have practical effect , by the 1170s and 1180s it was occasionally cited authoritatively in some at least of the courts of the south . |
| 12 | His philosophy took a long time to be appreciated , partly because he never pushed his own work , which was subsequently overshadowed by that of Wittgenstein . |
| 13 | It says , for instance , that it ‘ should have done what COSE did a long time ago . ’ |
| 14 | Anabelle waited a long time , watching from the other side of the gate . |
| 15 | She swallowed hard and began , ‘ Well , the Big Bang happened a long time ago . |
| 16 | But then , all this business happened a long time ago . |
| 17 | On the morning of the day when Therese Aschmann was due to arrive in Hochhauser , Willi spent a long time getting ready before he went to meet her at the station . |
| 18 | One group spent a long time comparing the different notes or tones produced when tubes of different width and length were blown or spoken down . |
| 19 | Cardinal Heenan warned a long time ago that by the year 2,000 there would be no Catholic Church in our country if something was not done to rectify things . |
| 20 | Sims took a long time to think about answering that . |
| 21 | He was a perfectionist , and the job took a long time . |
| 22 | The Cage disappeared a long time ago in the past , leaving whoever buys the property , a clear view across the Chilterns into the future . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , the driver spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 24 | Unfortunately , the retired admiral spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 25 | After all , these things happened a long time ago . |
| 26 | While some customers took a long time to make decisions , other very complicated projects took longer than anticipated to organise . |
| 27 | After his Mum had been up to say goodnight to him , Philip lay a long time thinking and he could n't keep out of his mind the thin chalk letters on the pavement in Hill View . |
| 28 | THE head went a long time ago , then it was the legs — but on Thursday night it was Martina Navratilova 's heart that had gone from her game . |
| 29 | Christine de Pizan was born in 1365 and wrote The Book of the City of Ladies in 1405 ; the battle for women 's right to equal education took a long time to win . |
| 30 | And it must have been the fever , Isabel decided a long time later , when she at last had time to sit down and rest . |