Example sentences of "a [adv] long time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People who have intelligence and a conscience wrestle with these problems and we 've come to a conclusion which is as good a deal as we think we can get , with the people of the area and with the Labour party and I think he said that if people in this authority are sufficiently obstructive for a sufficiently long time then people will change their minds . |
| 2 | ‘ No , really — think about the last time you went a day without wearing make-up and I bet it would be a frighteningly long time ago . ’ |
| 3 | McKellar argued that while more than 70 per cent of people answering a questionnaire reported at least one hypnagogic experience the actual incidence may be even higher , as " it can be overlooked for a very long time even by those who subsequently realize that they have the experience frequently … |
| 4 | It seemed like a very long time ago when I and others followed Lovat into this house . |
| 5 | SOUL was once — a very long time ago — the sound of a psyche breaking up , shattered by desire or loss — a wracked catharsis , an ailing , dejected , broken sound , essentially tragic . |
| 6 | Although viruses have such a simple structure , biologists do not conclude that they are necessarily ‘ primitive ’ ; that is , that they evolved a very long time ago as precursors of more complex organisms . |
| 7 | In some ways those days when she had lived in Paula 's shadow seemed a very long time ago , in others they might have been just yesterday . |
| 8 | A very long time ago , she must have been pretty . |
| 9 | Experts now solve the problem by placing them in a separate order which , they believe , branched off a very long time ago and did not lead to more advanced forms . |
| 10 | Such a very long time ago . |
| 11 | There was someone before in Alex 's day , that 's a very long time ago . |
| 12 | there have n't been many ice hockey sims on the 64 — the only two I can recall ( Powerplay Hockey and Superstar Ice Hockey ) were a very long time ago . |
| 13 | The comment : ‘ a very long time ago ’ , was appended to the previous use of honey ( 1 ) and yoghurt ( 1 ) . |
| 14 | ‘ This is something I should 'ave done a very long time ago . |
| 15 | The people in his past had been real once but , although that was a very long time ago , he had never been able to forget them or what they had done to his life . |
| 16 | ‘ A very long time ago . |
| 17 | Those days seemed such a very long time ago , and seeing Alice now , so chic , so elegant , it was almost impossible to remember her in her grey-and-white-striped uniform and white cap , calling Madeleine ‘ Miss ’ and Aubrey ‘ Master ’ ! |
| 18 | Anyway , it had been a very long time ago , goodness gracious , it had been at least six years . |
| 19 | And then , with an abrupt gesture , ‘ But it was a very long time ago , and I do not know the details , for I was never told . |
| 20 | The nuns , Nenna 's nuns , what a very long time ago it seemed , in a class known as plain sewing , had taught her bygone arts , darning , patching , reinforcing collars with tape , which at last found their proper object in Willis 's outmoded garments . |
| 21 | They seem a very long time ago now . |
| 22 | ‘ Once or twice , but a very long time ago , ’ Andrew said . |
| 23 | But here in Chichester Chairman , it 's er a pretty serious situation where you 've got a a small river causing tremendous volumes of water er levels of which I think have never been experienced with anybody er going through a very small city built in eighteen hundreds I do n't know what time and date you know , but a very long time ago . |
| 24 | Oh , I confess to feeling a pang when I first saw David again — I would n't be human if I had n't — but , as I said before , it was over between us a very long time ago , probably even before I fell for Paul if the truth be known . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ He stated it had all started a very long time ago when he was serving in the army in India and he admitted to still being sexually frustrated . ’ |
| 26 | That 's a very long time ago ! |
| 27 | Never before , and probably not for a very long time again will it be possible to recreate such an exhibition , containing as it does important paintings from major Western and Russian museums and private collections , as well as outstanding works from circa fifty provincial and specialised museums in the former Soviet Union . |
| 28 | Lorne gazed at me for a very long time again . |
| 29 | Stars of this kind are ejecting material , and it has even been suggested that Gamma Velorum may become a supernova in the future , though probably not for a very long time yet . |
| 30 | A very long time later I woke from a deep sleep . |