Example sentences of "long [noun] since [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been seven long years since they ran the riot act , but there remains a threatening air of petulance and possibility about their onstage demeanour that throws a star-spangled spanner into the works . |
| 2 | It was a long while since she had heard Con laugh like that ; lately , he never seemed to find much to laugh at . |
| 3 | It was a long while since she had visited her old home , and longer still since she had lived there as a girl . |
| 4 | As far as Paul and Granville are concerned , they 've already come an unfeasibly long way since they got together a couple of years ago at college in Derby . |
| 5 | it 's come a long way since we had Lego . |
| 6 | Kapil has advanced a long way since he burst onto the international scene in the late 1970s . |
| 7 | He has come a long way since he worked as a production runner with James Wong Howe and Martin Ritt in a coal-mining village in Pennsylvania . |
| 8 | It seems a long time since we ate together in this kitchen . |
| 9 | ‘ It is a long time since we saw you here . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It seems a long time since we had a chance to talk alone . ’ |
| 11 | It 's a long time since we did that . ’ |
| 12 | Long time since we did a fall . ’ |
| 13 | It is a long time since we spoke , is n't it ? ’ |
| 14 | It seems a long time since we started , |
| 15 | It was a long time since they 'd done anything together . |
| 16 | that 's a long time since they said we could have it . |
| 17 | ‘ It is a long time since anyone cared for you as tonight you cared for Ana , is it not ? ’ he asked softly , his hand coming to tilt her downcast face . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's a long time since anyone brought me flowers , ’ he smiled apologetically . |
| 19 | It had been a long time since anyone had enjoyed rubbing cream into her back . |
| 20 | But it is a very long time since anyone attempted a popular history of the left in Britain . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's a long time since anyone opened this door ! ’ said Mr Utterson . |
| 22 | Not because she could n't remember , but because it was such a long time since she 'd seen her and she felt strange , suddenly , knowing that this time tomorrow they would be on their way to Scotland and she would be waiting for them . |
| 23 | It had been a long time since she 'd laughed , joined in a joke , been silly just for the hell of it . |
| 24 | Not a dish for a dieter , she allowed , but it was a long time since she 'd enjoyed anything quite so much . |
| 25 | In fact , it was a long time since she 'd realised she was capable of such an emotion . |
| 26 | It had been a long time since she 'd met anyone even remotely interesting , and whatever this man was he certainly was n't remote ! |
| 27 | The part of her story about the pressure of Government cuts was true , and it seemed a long time since she 'd existed in a world that was n't penny-pinching . |
| 28 | It was a long time since she had last seen Michael : it was seven months , two weeks and three days , four if she counted today . |
| 29 | It seemed a long time since she had been out of her apartment , longer still since she had taken a walk . |
| 30 | She reached for her silk dressing gown and pulled it on ; she felt good , it had been a long time since she had awoken feeling so alive . |