Example sentences of "it 's [adj] a long " in BNC.

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1 It 's all a long way since his early acting days on the stage in the late Seventies which culminated in playing Lady MacDuff in an all-male production of Macbeth in Glasgow .
2 It 's all a long time ago and I 've been married to him for thirty-nine years .
3 It 's all a long way from those bit-parts and Lynda 's delighted to be making her mark — even if it did mean changing career .
4 It 's all a long time ago now of course .
5 ‘ Well , it 's all a long way off , ’ Joanna said cheerfully .
6 I did try and help her about how to run a war because it 's such a long time since anybody 's run a war — I mean the technical methods of running a war — which she did very well .
7 But as you said , Harri , it 's such a long time ago .
8 It 's such a long way away , sir ! ’
9 It 's such a long way you know
10 Yes I know , but it 's such a long way to get up there ! is n't it ?
11 but er , as you say erm , really it 's such a long journey that you need a breather before you need to start to cross the channel
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