Example sentences of "[be] [art] long time in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well that 's no surprise ; but it 's been a long time in coming . |
| 2 | It 's been a long time in the pipeline … |
| 3 | " I believe the house is — pretty historic — been a long time in Preston 's family , " David Fairfax went on . |
| 4 | Wise men are a long time in the ship |
| 5 | Three years can be a long time in a young life , Bernice concluded , and three years in Bernice 's century had certainly changed Ace . |
| 6 | We shall be a long time in Isvik . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The ‘ Beeb ’ has been kind to its commentators — thirty years is a long time in television — and they in turn have served it well , adjusting cleverly to the growing informality of broadcasting without ever quite forgetting the august institution in which ‘ they serve ’ . |
| 10 | But three months is a long time in Euro-politics . |
| 11 | In the beginning Lorna 's illustrious co-stars frequently appeared ; Paul Newman came once , Jo remembered , but three years is a long time in Hollywood and now lunches were becoming more intimate . |
| 12 | Three years is a long time in world politics . |
| 13 | Twenty years is a long time in the development of sexual experience . |
| 14 | AN hour is a long time in politics . |
| 15 | A week is a long time in politics , said Harold Wilson . |
| 16 | A week is a long time in football , seven days in fact , but somehow a reversal of February 's 11–0 defeat at the hands of today 's opponents would prove that Lazarus does n't have the last word in comebacks , and we are still a team to be reckoned with . |
| 17 | Ten years is a long time in the world of books , but I do remember there was not nearly such a fuss over the original 1983 list : a rather uncomfortable party in some medical establishment , a few diary paragraphs and that was it . |
| 18 | A day is a long time in politics . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The problem is that most tenant 's covenants appear at the outset to be quite reasonable and innocuous , but if a week is a long time in politics then 25 years is a lifetime in property during which circumstances can and will change with a result that a previously innocent-looking covenant could become highly restrictive and troublesome . |
| 21 | A WEEK is a long time in football , is n't it ? |
| 22 | EIGHTEEN years is a long time in the life of a motor car . |
| 23 | In the era of austerity , consolidating the welfare state had required strong political backing , something that was a long time in coming until depression and war eventually mobilised these forces . |
| 24 | The Hudson Report , a very thorough and painstaking piece of work , was a long time in gestation ; it was sent to the Minister towards the end of 1973 and was eventually published in July 1974 . |
| 25 | She was a long time in answering . |