Example sentences of "been a [adj] [noun] 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 | However , because of the recent advent of food surpluses , this is n't the same problem as it would have been a few years ago . |