Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [art] long [noun sg] ago " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The coach arrived a long time ago ! |
| 2 | She swallowed hard and began , ‘ Well , the Big Bang happened a long time ago . |
| 3 | But then , all this business happened a long time ago . |
| 4 | The Cage disappeared a long time ago in the past , leaving whoever buys the property , a clear view across the Chilterns into the future . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A new song , ‘ Pussy Cat Meow ’ , celebrates them and a dream Kier had a long time ago . |