Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [art] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old Lords ' Act was a long time a-dying ; and non-traders were still unable to claim the benefits of bankruptcy open to traders . |
| 2 | A day is a long time in politics . |
| 3 | Twenty nine year service is a long time . |
| 4 | A week is a long time in politics , said Harold Wilson . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A WEEK is a long time in football , is n't it ? |
| 9 | And a month was a long time … |
| 10 | A month was a long time . |
| 11 | Their affair was a long time ago and has nothing to do with now . |
| 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 | But the end was a long time coming . |
| 14 | The bus was a long time coming and Gloria would n't play anything , just stood there staring at nothing until finally she said , ‘ Now I ai n't got him no more . ’ |
| 15 | AN hour is a long time in politics . |
| 16 | The human span of attention is limited ; for most people an hour is a long time for concentrated thought on one topic . |
| 17 | It all , just all depends and a year 's a long time is n't it ? |
| 18 | Mrs Freda Bastianelli , the mother of four-month-old twin boys , who has a house on the shoreline , complained that another year was a long time to wait for a possible cure . |
| 19 | They say a week in politics is a long time and I now know what they mean . |
| 20 | Christmas was a long time away and it would mount up . |