Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | " He should have done so a long time ago . |
| 2 | Mother Bernie had said so a long time ago and all Preston 's life 's experiences since then had born it out . |
| 3 | There had been windows on the westerly side of the school , but they appeared to have been built up a long time , judging from the appearance of the workmanship on the outside . |
| 4 | ‘ We should have got together a long time ago , when I was n't an old man . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If he 'd gone away a long time ago , it would have been better , ’ said Mrs Clancy wryly . |
| 6 | Sorry to have taken rather a long time to reply but Andrew was in transit back to and around Italy . |
| 7 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 8 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 9 | This is where some fault or other has manifested itself sufficiently to affect the flight , though the critical event might have happened quite a long time before and been ‘ cooking up ’ until the divergence took place . |
| 10 | The death grant has been finished quite a long time ago , but there was the death grant erm because I can remember you know this , people telling me about this . |
| 11 | ‘ We have to give those who have lived here a long time the right to become German citizens , ’ Johannes Gerster , deputy leader of the CDU parliamentary group , said at the weekend . |