Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 | It seemed to Lefevre that the splash took a long time in coming . |
| 5 | ‘ The coach arrived a long time ago ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She swallowed hard and began , ‘ Well , the Big Bang happened a long time ago . |
| 11 | But then , all this business happened a long time ago . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He was a perfectionist , and the job took a long time . |
| 14 | The Cage disappeared a long time ago in the past , leaving whoever buys the property , a clear view across the Chilterns into the future . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , the driver spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 16 | Unfortunately , the retired admiral spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | A month seemed a long time to him too . |
| 20 | The sweet taste of this victory lingered a long time on the lips of Dublin dykes . |
| 21 | The embrace lasted a long time . |
| 22 | The train stood a long time in Gloucester Road station , for no apparent reason . |
| 23 | The fact that a criminal offence occurred a long time ago does not absolve the wrong-doer from guilt , and justice must be done , whether it is 30 or 300 years later . |
| 24 | All fairly straightforward though the coded letter we recovered from his baggage took a long time to crack , while his shaving kit will never be the same again after each piece was stripped to its component parts by one participant . |
| 25 | The Geometricks styler took a long time to heat up . |
| 26 | The ditch seemed a long time ago : two weeks and three days back to the lonely silent abandoned struggle in the attic , to the life that seemed now to be the dream , with Shellerton the reality . |
| 27 | And the City took a long time to wake up to Europe 's moves towards monetary union ; its bid to host a European central bank was made later than most others . |
| 28 | The gizzard-stone treatment meant that food took a long time to digest . |
| 29 | The College in Coleman 's reign took a long time to recover from the difficulties of its early days . |
| 30 | A new song , ‘ Pussy Cat Meow ’ , celebrates them and a dream Kier had a long time ago . |