Example sentences of "[prep] [be] a [adj] time before " in BNC.
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| 1 | But all in all , it seems likely to be a long time before we reach that ‘ Utopian world of RDS ’ for all listeners in cars , at home or on foot ! |
| 2 | It was to be a long time before any disciples appeared to revitalize the game , and even after Busby , Shankly , Clough and others the cry still goes up ( not always reasonably ) that football is too negative . |
| 3 | The idea was to move away from an elitist and centralist view of things , yet it was to be a long time before such changes were implemented in the Government 's media , and it might well be argued that they have not progressed very far to this day . |
| 4 | It was to be a long time before I slotted this experience into others to make sense of it all . |
| 5 | And it 's going to be a long time before it 's going to be possible , so therefore we still have to use animals , I see no way round it . |
| 6 | " It 's going to be a long time before we get another chance , though , is n't it though ? " |
| 7 | Because peasants had to pay back the sums of money which the government advanced on their behalf at 6 per cent interest over forty-nine years , it was to be a long time before their freedom was complete . |
| 8 | Although … well , it does look as though it 's going to be a long time before they can leave hospital , ’ she added sorrowfully . |