Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are oh I do n't ken when but they must you ken obviously a long time ago story . |
| 2 | " He should have done so a long time ago . |
| 3 | Mother Bernie had said so a long time ago and all Preston 's life 's experiences since then had born it out . |
| 4 | ‘ We should have got together a long time ago , when I was n't an old man . ’ |
| 5 | This was something she had never even heard of , so we spent quite a long time discussing hypnosis , regression and how the techniques could be applied to her situation . |
| 6 | We spent quite a long time sorting out this problem in the electrostatic case , and we need not repeat the argument here . |
| 7 | I remember when Mike and Robin went into their flats I spent quite a long time with them |
| 8 | The feeding process takes quite a long time , depending of course on the sizes of the individuals concerned and various environmental factors , such as temperature ( see p. 303 ) . |
| 9 | Erm something they tell you throughout the , it takes quite a long time . |
| 10 | This takes quite a long time and slowly the boat turns around . |
| 11 | And er then it seems to keep quite a long time if er if you do that . |
| 12 | Charles Wood and I worked quite a long time to explore the framework of The Knack and take away a lot of the theatrical implications . |
| 13 | However , if a tank bottom with some peat and gravel or sand is provided it will establish well , but will take quite a long time . |
| 14 | We 'll have to see how she responds to treatment , but it may take quite a long time . ’ |
| 15 | But it 'll take quite a long time for them to go though . |
| 16 | It 's gon na take quite a long time . |
| 17 | So it can take quite a long time to process applications to that point . |
| 18 | it seems quite a long time |
| 19 | Not quite sure how to broach the subject , and not wishing to be indiscreet , she murmured awkwardly , ‘ I do n't quite know how to put this , but part of the reason for my visit was to try and trace someone who lived here a long time ago , only I do n't quite like to ask around , because the person I 'm looking for might not like it — might not want everyone to know her business . ’ |
| 20 | Fergus laughed rather a long time at this , and said tersely , ‘ I should . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If he 'd gone away a long time ago , it would have been better , ’ said Mrs Clancy wryly . |
| 22 | She lay there a long time in the bath , soaking , looking through the open door at his sleeping figure on the bed . |
| 23 | Because if it had been painted , and the paint took quite a long time to dry and er if there was a speck of dust it remained there forever . |
| 24 | It took quite a long time to climb up to his preferred perch on the monster , even using the bits of wood and string he 'd painstakingly tied to it … him . |
| 25 | Sorry to have taken rather a long time to reply but Andrew was in transit back to and around Italy . |
| 26 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 27 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 28 | This is where some fault or other has manifested itself sufficiently to affect the flight , though the critical event might have happened quite a long time before and been ‘ cooking up ’ until the divergence took place . |
| 29 | The death grant has been finished quite a long time ago , but there was the death grant erm because I can remember you know this , people telling me about this . |
| 30 | They 'd planned to stay there a long time and they left fingerprints all over the place |