Example sentences of "it seem [art] eternity " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't have been unconscious for long , looking back , but it seemed an eternity at the time . |
| 2 | It seemed an eternity before Dad arrived home at one o'clock and he hardly had time to get indoors before I blurted out just what I had discovered . |
| 3 | That was thirteen years ago , but to Yanto it seemed an eternity . |
| 4 | She could n't remember now how long he had held her imprisoned , only that it seemed an eternity of immeasurable time . |
| 5 | ‘ It was all over in 45 minutes but it seemed an eternity , ’ said Colin . |
| 6 | I suppose they 'd all gone in half a minute but it seemed an eternity of fascination and fear to a cringing youth . |
| 7 | It seemed an eternity in coming . |
| 8 | Whilst at the time , it it seemed an eternity , it was literally seconds , er very , very quickly because we were aware of the noise that at that time in the morning seemed to be er echoing everywhere . |