Example sentences of "a [adj] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd waited a bloody long time to be with you again , and there I was , behaving like a blasted prima donna and wasting my chances . |
| 2 | But , even if he could write the thing quickly , all the subsequent processes took such a bloody long time . |
| 3 | a bloody long time . |
| 4 | dis I mean , it 's a bloody long time that train in n it ? |
| 5 | ‘ You 're sweet , ’ said Lucy , stroking her face , holding her hand , ‘ but it was a long long time ago . |
| 6 | And that 's a long long time ago . ’ |
| 7 | Likewise , it feels those RISC-based machines its new Power Parallel operation is developing ( UX No 422 ) will be a long long time in becoming hardened and a significant contributor . |
| 8 | Well we all know from our own history books that fire has been with us for a long long time has n't it ? |
| 9 | This was t I mean when you think about it er it was good fun and er eventually people realized what was happening and of course they knew what was happening but that went on for a long long time . |
| 10 | Er a pair of shoes if you bought it had to last you a long long time . |
| 11 | I 've not been bad for a long long time . |
| 12 | Erm it 's , it 's , negative numbers are n't a natural thing , fractions are actually easier and that was what happened in the history of mathematics , fractions were developed a long long time before negative numbers , the old Greeks used to play about with fractions quite a lot . |
| 13 | for a long long time ? |
| 14 | See after a breast operation does it take a long long time with stitches ? |
| 15 | IT 'S a long long time from May to September … |
| 16 | As I say this this fellow the last twenty minutes are the best I 've seen Leicester City play for a long long time . |
| 17 | I 've been a soldier myself , I was a soldier a long long time ago and er er training was different in my day to what it is today . |
| 18 | And er the trainer on medical practices has been out there for a long long time doing this so there 's a lot a wealth of experience there . |
| 19 | Was a long long time ago . |
| 20 | Er as we know round about July August time , the remaining nine P C's will be er turned into civilians wave of a magic wand the biggest problem there is the total loss of our skills base overnight effectively , the second thing is it 'll take a long long time to get them trained particularly in relation to A L O work . |
| 21 | And it took us a long long time to try and get back where we were . |
| 22 | However , if they are both read in close conjunction to each other , readers will experience strong emotions combined with a beautiful story , that they will remember for a long long time . |
| 23 | But I mean these erm do it yourself places have been open for , well defied the law now for a long long time have n't they ? |
| 24 | It 's a long long time since I had it . |
| 25 | It must be a problem if people sort of leave their children in nurseries all the time cos it 's nice for a short time but for a long long time they 're just not yours are they any more ? |
| 26 | And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually ! |
| 27 | Seems a long long time since we used to do it . |
| 28 | And I 've been after a zither for a long long time |
| 29 | amazed I actually did erm what happened erm I was happened to be upstairs and my wife shouted quick quick there 's a zither , so I zoomed down here and the lady was still talking to you and a dialled well consequently I did n't get through for quite some time but I did eventually , erm your lady on the reception said well it 's gone now she said but I will give the lady 's telephone number and I spoke to the lady and told her the position and she says well if it 's not collected by so time I 'll g ring you back and I said well I 've been after one for a long long time she said well I ca n't understand it cos I 've been advertising it . |
| 30 | And that 's why it took a long long time . |