Example sentences of "[be] a long time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was for a party in one of the upstairs rooms , but it had been a long time ago . |
| 2 | That had been a long time ago . |
| 3 | But that had been a long time ago . |
| 4 | It had been a long time ago and the jungle had reclaimed its own . |
| 5 | It must have been a long time ago . |
| 6 | There had been a long time when he had been surrounded by wire and bars . |
| 7 | He felt that he had been a long time away . |
| 8 | Well it 's been a long time now . ’ |
| 9 | She added : ‘ You have to make a big commitment to complete distance learning courses , and two years can be a long time when you are faced with constant learning . |
| 10 | ‘ He will never be sold while I am chairman — which will be a long time yet — or while Barry Fry is manager , ’ he added . |
| 11 | Must be a long time ago love is n't it since we had best butter . |
| 12 | Swindon 's glory days in the FA Cup were a long time ago while Cambridge have been to the quarter finals two years running . |
| 13 | So when we say we want the laws of physics perhaps to stay constant in time , when we observe these objects a long way away we 're observing the laws of physics as they were a long time ago . |
| 14 | well that were a long time ago , they 've got some from down here , Edinburgh Road , you got one from Edinburgh Road |
| 15 | That 's a long time ahead two weekends to go You ought to see how badly that ca n't you when you ha ha three bits on there suppose you could do that now could n't you ? |
| 16 | ‘ It 's a long time away , ’ he said doubtfully . |
| 17 | That 's a long time ago . |
| 18 | Some people think I 'm running on ; but that 's a long time ago . |
| 19 | It 's a long time ago , though . |
| 20 | " It 's a long time ago , Mr Feather . " |
| 21 | That 's a long time ago is n't it . |
| 22 | And it 's a long time ago — ’ |
| 23 | So that 's a long time ago , seventeen twenty . |
| 24 | That 's a long time ago . |
| 25 | I know it 's a long time ago |
| 26 | That 's a long time ago . |
| 27 | Ah , well , that 's a long time ago when there was . |
| 28 | Yeah it 's nineteen fifty when I left , you know , it 's a long time ago ! |
| 29 | That 's a long time ago because se the roads have been tarmacked for goodness knows how long now ! |
| 30 | That 's a long time ago is n't it ? |