Example sentences of "year be [art] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ Beeb ’ has been kind to its commentators — thirty years is a long time in television — and they in turn have served it well , adjusting cleverly to the growing informality of broadcasting without ever quite forgetting the august institution in which ‘ they serve ’ . |
| 2 | Gover is matter-of-fact about it , but 61 years is a long time . |
| 3 | In the beginning Lorna 's illustrious co-stars frequently appeared ; Paul Newman came once , Jo remembered , but three years is a long time in Hollywood and now lunches were becoming more intimate . |
| 4 | Three years is a long time in world politics . |
| 5 | Twenty years is a long time in the development of sexual experience . |
| 6 | ‘ Twelve years is a long time . |
| 7 | ‘ Nine years is a long time . |
| 8 | Ten years is a long time in the world of books , but I do remember there was not nearly such a fuss over the original 1983 list : a rather uncomfortable party in some medical establishment , a few diary paragraphs and that was it . |
| 9 | ‘ Ah , Maria , six years is a long time to wait , ’ Luke murmured with a faint sardonic smile as he registered her frantic response . |
| 10 | Twenty years is a long time . |
| 11 | Five years is a long time ; people change . ’ |
| 12 | EIGHTEEN years is a long time in the life of a motor car . |
| 13 | Thirty years was a long time to stay with one company . |
| 14 | Twenty years was a long time to bear dependence if your spirit craved something stronger and your intelligence rebelled at continual submission to powers who neither , Anna felt , knew or cared how she and Peter lived . |
| 15 | Ten years was a long time , Mary thought . |
| 16 | The relative speed with which emancipation came about after he ascended the throne gives the impression that he addressed himself to it with enthusiasm , but even in Russian politics six years was a long time . |
| 17 | It all , just all depends and a year 's a long time is n't it ? |
| 18 | Mrs Freda Bastianelli , the mother of four-month-old twin boys , who has a house on the shoreline , complained that another year was a long time to wait for a possible cure . |