Example sentences of "a long time [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I cried for a long time when I saw that big dark hole in the ground , and we put his body in the grave . |
| 2 | Erm now , something that puzzled me for quite a long time when I started out doing philosophy of language er one or two years ago erm frequently you hear claims or we hear claims to the effect that this is a logical form of this sentence or this is the structure of this sentence , or this is the semantic structure of this sentence and I was never quite sure what that actually meant erm it 's partly because apart from Davidson , erm a lot of people who write on these issues do n't actually tell you what the background theory is and exactly what the point of the assignment of structured sentences is supposed to be , erm however after thinking about it for a while , I 've arrived at the following following general view there are at least three rather different enterprises er which might lead you to assign sentence structure and er one needs to figure out the relations between them . |
| 3 | It seemed a long time when I was a little girl , ’ added Mrs Teasdale . |
| 4 | She added : ‘ You have to make a big commitment to complete distance learning courses , and two years can be a long time when you are faced with constant learning . |
| 5 | Well it 's alright it 's not that long I suppose it 's a long time when you 're six . |
| 6 | There had been a long time when he had been surrounded by wire and bars . |
| 7 | You know he sounded a long time when he was saying it . |
| 8 | A long time later she finally drifted into sleep . |
| 9 | A long time later she stirred , and Travis shifted his weight , drawing her into the warm curve of his body . |
| 10 | A long time later he raised his head and said huskily , ‘ Are you sure ? ’ |
| 11 | Unless you are spending a long time somewhere I suggest you simply turn up at a crag and scrounge a look at someone else 's . |
| 12 | They say that , as the wars happened such a long time ago we should simply forget about them now . |
| 13 | But a long time ago I was writing a television play about Irish men coming over to England to collect their brother 's body , and I could n't imagine how they 'd talk . |
| 14 | A long time ago I was ruled by the Pharaohs . |
| 15 | But I just ca n't do this with anyone else , because a long time ago I was raped , and my lover is the only man I could bear to touch me . |
| 16 | When I was at school ( a long time ago I 'll grant you ) half a dozen was six . |
| 17 | Well it was but that was a long time ago I started that , it was tucked inside the book thank you . |
| 18 | Yeah , t is a long time ago I know |
| 19 | It had been better , a long time ago it had been better , when their loving had made Frank , and better up to the time of Adam 's birth . |
| 20 | Erm so that shows what a long time ago it was . |
| 21 | I knew a long time ago it was n't right when he wanted to … . ’ |
| 22 | I attended the funeral and for a long time afterwards we , as a family , used to take flowers to the grave . |
| 23 | It was the most exciting , extraordinary experience he had ever had , and for a long time afterwards he would bend any ear he could find on the subject . |
| 24 | If you have not kept up with the nursing journals or have been out of practice for a long time then you will have to trust to luck or the recommendations of others as to the relevance and value of any course you choose to attend . |
| 25 | For a long time now we 've called ourselves poor , but we 've managed to get along . |
| 26 | I mean I 've been doing it for such a long time now it 's important to me to go on doing it , but then that might be rather like it 's important for you to go on doing physics , is n't it ? |
| 27 | For a long time now I 've intended going North . |
| 28 | quite a long time now I begin to understand there are M S twos and threes are project engineers , and I |
| 29 | We 've both known for a long time how we feel about each other and all the reasons why nothing can ever come of it . |