Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Level 3 Know that some life forms became extinct a long time ago and others more recently . |
| 2 | MIND realised this a long time ago . |
| 3 | Myra 's familiar voice made her want to cry ; it seemed such a long time since things had been normal , with nothing more exciting than new orders to think about . |
| 4 | They say that , as the wars happened such a long time ago we should simply forget about them now . |
| 5 | He spent such a long time alone in consultation with her daughter that Harriet began to wonder whether his efforts at consolation were entirely professional . |
| 6 | He took such a long time to answer that she became convinced that he had n't . |
| 7 | They had such a long distance that they were allowed to have a police bicycle . |