Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] long [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone reported a long time ago that an old lady , on her deathbed , was heard to say : ‘ Weel , it will be a great blessing to hear at last the real truth of the Gowrie conspiracy ’ . |
| 2 | He 's given me a few jokes but only ones he used a long time ago ! ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I thought that was a lesson we learnt a long time ago ! ’ |
| 5 | THE NATIONAL MARRIAGE GUIDANCE COUNCIL ( now called RELATE ) recognised a long time ago that the fabric of society has changed and one of the reasons for the organisation 's change of name is that it now deals with all personal crisis situations . |
| 6 | Shells exploded a long way away across Beirut , down by the port . |
| 7 | At first , the war seemed a long way away , and the Otago CA reported that the 1914–15 summer promised to be a most successful one , with the ‘ services of world-renowned player , J.N. Crawford ’ ensuring that Otago cricket would be second to none in New Zealand . |
| 8 | My posting to the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes seemed a long way away . |
| 9 | it seemed a long way away |
| 10 | Gateshead and the Reed family seemed a long way away . |
| 11 | It seemed a long way away and he focused his mind with an effort . |
| 12 | Humankind and human structures seemed a long way away . |
| 13 | It seemed a long way away but before we knew it we were paying the last of the deposits . |
| 14 | Suddenly he gave a frightened start , for he had nearly fallen asleep and the ground below seemed a long distance away . |
| 15 | It was less the fear of hell ( which seemed a long time away ) than the fear of being a non-person which prompted me to ask my parents if I could be baptised . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It was the sturdy Bates who fielded Morris 's kick in the last second and threw the long pass inside to Davies . |
| 18 | But this , as he would say , is a long story , and happened a long time ago . |
| 19 | After all , these things happened a long time ago . |
| 20 | Historical events that happened a long time ago . |
| 21 | I do n't know when this story started but it certainly happened a long time ago . |
| 22 | She swallowed hard and began , ‘ Well , the Big Bang happened a long time ago . |
| 23 | But then , all this business happened a long time ago . |
| 24 | ‘ I did n't see the relevance of something that happened a long time ago . |
| 25 | ‘ It happened a long time ago , my dear , when we were quite small , romping in the wood . |
| 26 | ‘ The coach arrived a long time ago ! |
| 27 | I realized a long time ago why you were so set on Charlie and me marrying , and I 'm very fond of him , and I 'd like to go on living at Lady Mead for the rest of my life . |
| 28 | Some pact they made a long time ago . ’ |
| 29 | Her nephew , Tim , was Miss Miggs 's only relative , and he lived a long way away up in the North . |
| 30 | They lived a long way away , but they decided to take a weeks holiday in Cornwall and decided to see Daryl in the middle of it . |