Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [adv] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is something I should 'ave done a very long time ago . |
| 2 | In comparison with the inhibition effect , however , this facilitation only occurred when the subject was given a relatively long time to read the context . |
| 3 | ‘ He stated it had all started a very long time ago when he was serving in the army in India and he admitted to still being sexually frustrated . ’ |
| 4 | The record 's gone through a lot of transformations and taken a hellaciously long time to get done . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It ca n't be denied that all this has taken a very long time to come about , but I think that , political wrangling aside , much of the delay has been due to genuine uncertainty about the tax implications of moving money around from one body to another . |
| 6 | The disentangling of ancient mergers that we observe here has taken a very long time , and the best explanation for the persistence of this alternating class is again a social explanation : the ‘ vernacular ’ alternant carries an identity function and strong connotations of closeness and intimacy . |
| 7 | So they 've kept a very long time . |
| 8 | Like all other departments we have been established a very long time and therefore have the experience and the knowledge in dealing with lettings . |