Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [art] long time " in BNC.

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1 Iain Christie , chairman of the processing group , said : ‘ This promotion was arranged a long time ago , before this import situation surfaced .
2 Can only assume this was designed a long time ago , say roughly 1983 ; surely even Peter Snow must now realise that a Labour landslide is rather more likely than a Tory one .
3 It was decided a long time ago and the waiting is over . ’
4 The estate was sold a long time ago to the Dukes of Devonshire and was tenanted at one time by the Reverend Thomas Fosbroke , the celebrated antiquary .
5 ‘ When I step back from it all , I see tennis was invented a long time ago .
6 Brown Owl was gone a long time , but at last she came back , and leaning on her arm and limping was the pilot of the plane .
7 Ooh I was taken a long time ago .
8 ‘ The entire community was resettled a long time ago .
9 She might say ‘ no' ’ even if it was planned a long time .
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