Example sentences of "[was/were] a very long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | there have n't been many ice hockey sims on the 64 — the only two I can recall ( Powerplay Hockey and Superstar Ice Hockey ) were a very long time ago . |
| 2 | Gillian 's Uncle George was a very long time coming . |
| 3 | The people in his past had been real once but , although that was a very long time ago , he had never been able to forget them or what they had done to his life . |
| 4 | And then , with an abrupt gesture , ‘ But it was a very long time ago , and I do not know the details , for I was never told . |
| 5 | The Opposition replied , ’ That was 10 years ago ’ , to which my hon. Friend the Member for Teignbridge ( Mr. Nicholls ) , whom I commend for this observation , said , that 10 years was a very long time for the Leader of the Opposition and 10 minutes was about the average length of every policy that he had put forward . |