Example sentences of "were [vb pp] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were given a long account of tritium generation at Mount Mauna Loa and all that and then ‘ by the way here is the neutron spectrum ’ . |
| 2 | Some conversions that were done a long time ago would not pass today 's stringent building regulations . |
| 3 | The comments above by Sisam ( 1915 ) and Hall ( 1920 ) arise directly from Skeats 's views , and , although these comments were made a long time ago , it would be a mistake to think that the Anglo-Norman argument has now been abandoned . |
| 4 | These points were made a long time ago by Kahn-Freund in ( 1940–1 ) 4 MLR 221 , but have never been satisfactorily answered . |
| 5 | And thoughts that were thought a long time ago are as dead as old Squeez-Ee detergent bottles , and as slow to biodegrade . |
| 6 | They were gone a long time . |
| 7 | It may be that there is now enough information available to answer questions that were asked a long time ago but never answered . |