Example sentences of "[adv] a long [noun] ago " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are oh I do n't ken when but they must you ken obviously a long time ago story . |
| 2 | " He should have done so a long time ago . |
| 3 | Mother Bernie had said so a long time ago and all Preston 's life 's experiences since then had born it out . |
| 4 | ‘ We should have got together a long time ago , when I was n't an old man . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If he 'd gone away a long time ago , it would have been better , ’ said Mrs Clancy wryly . |
| 6 | Oh I thought he was dead a long time ago . |
| 7 | I 've read somewhere a long while ago , there was some sort of warning and I ca n't remember the details you know . |
| 8 | Not quite sure how to broach the subject , and not wishing to be indiscreet , she murmured awkwardly , ‘ I do n't quite know how to put this , but part of the reason for my visit was to try and trace someone who lived here a long time ago , only I do n't quite like to ask around , because the person I 'm looking for might not like it — might not want everyone to know her business . ’ |
| 9 | So it 's quite a long while ago and I 've travelled round quite a bit since then . |
| 10 | When I first began designing for double jacquard , which was quite a long time ago , there was little or no information available and not many knitters used the technique , so over the years I learnt the hard way by trial and error . |
| 11 | That was , thing is that was quite a long time ago . |
| 12 | Oh , quite a long time ago . |
| 13 | As the PAL:YPE recalls , this impression was based on a combination of physical environment , staff vision , and an existing commitment to an infrastructure including a permanent part-time library assistant : School A I was impressed with , because they too had already started to talk about resource-based learning and they already had as far as I remember … ( now my memory is fairly vague now because it is quite a long time ago ) … but as far as I remember they had a Headmaster , who was extremely interested , very keen indeed , and they had a committee already set up , I think to look into this . |
| 14 | The death grant has been finished quite a long time ago , but there was the death grant erm because I can remember you know this , people telling me about this . |
| 15 | The minutes of the last meeting , the twentieth , the nineteenth of October , which is quite a long time ago , did anyone have any particular comments ? |
| 16 | It took place quite a long time ago , it is known as the cessation of the plebs there were two occasions on which the workers of of Ancient Rome and withdrew from the city and their t the terms on which as as far as I recollect the terms of their return where that somebody should write down the law in comprehensible terms and that there should be a special officer , a tribune appointed who could if necessary explain what the law was to them . |
| 17 | You 've just wasted , you finished that quite a long time ago , and you have |