Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] a long time ago " in BNC.

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1 But for Ben Hunt ; his passion for motorbikes started a long time ago .
2 ‘ The coach arrived a long time ago !
3 The story of Eddie Aikau began a long time ago :
4 It says , for instance , that it ‘ should have done what COSE did a long time ago . ’
5 She swallowed hard and began , ‘ Well , the Big Bang happened a long time ago .
6 But then , all this business happened a long time ago .
7 Cardinal Heenan warned a long time ago that by the year 2,000 there would be no Catholic Church in our country if something was not done to rectify things .
8 The Cage disappeared a long time ago in the past , leaving whoever buys the property , a clear view across the Chilterns into the future .
9 After all , these things happened a long time ago .
10 THE head went a long time ago , then it was the legs — but on Thursday night it was Martina Navratilova 's heart that had gone from her game .
11 They live modestly on income from securities that Edhi bought a long time ago .
12 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 .
13 ‘ I 've told yer plenty of times , me an' Tommy finished a long time ago .
14 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 .
15 A new song , ‘ Pussy Cat Meow ’ , celebrates them and a dream Kier had a long time ago .
16 But human beings discovered a long time ago that if the birds were taken away from their homes , they had an uncanny ability to return even across miles of territory that was totally unknown to them .
17 Well Aunt Sadie said a long time ago
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