Example sentences of "be a [adj] time ago " in BNC.
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1 | It was for a party in one of the upstairs rooms , but it had been a long time ago . |
2 | That had been a long time ago . |
3 | But that had been a long time ago . |
4 | It had been a long time ago and the jungle had reclaimed its own . |
5 | It must have been a long time ago . |
6 | Must be a long time ago love is n't it since we had best butter . |
7 | Swindon 's glory days in the FA Cup were a long time ago while Cambridge have been to the quarter finals two years running . |
8 | So when we say we want the laws of physics perhaps to stay constant in time , when we observe these objects a long way away we 're observing the laws of physics as they were a long time ago . |
9 | well that were a long time ago , they 've got some from down here , Edinburgh Road , you got one from Edinburgh Road |
10 | That 's a long time ago . |
11 | Some people think I 'm running on ; but that 's a long time ago . |
12 | It 's a long time ago , though . |
13 | " It 's a long time ago , Mr Feather . " |
14 | That 's a long time ago is n't it . |
15 | And it 's a long time ago — ’ |
16 | So that 's a long time ago , seventeen twenty . |
17 | That 's a long time ago . |
18 | I know it 's a long time ago |
19 | That 's a long time ago . |
20 | Ah , well , that 's a long time ago when there was . |
21 | Yeah it 's nineteen fifty when I left , you know , it 's a long time ago ! |
22 | That 's a long time ago because se the roads have been tarmacked for goodness knows how long now ! |
23 | That 's a long time ago is n't it ? |
24 | It 's a long time ago but you know the trial 's only just finished . |
25 | It 's a long time ago since I did any chemistry . |
26 | It is a long time ago . |
27 | It is a long time ago and what matters now is the future . |
28 | It is a long time ago but still worth a story in some paper if Ana 's problem can be tagged on to it . ’ |
29 | Yeah , t is a long time ago I know |
30 | It was a long time ago . |