Example sentences of "be all a long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ They 're all a long way below us . ’
2 But they 're all a long way off , and they look very faint .
3 It 's all a long way since his early acting days on the stage in the late Seventies which culminated in playing Lady MacDuff in an all-male production of Macbeth in Glasgow .
4 It 's all a long way from those bit-parts and Lynda 's delighted to be making her mark — even if it did mean changing career .
5 ‘ Well , it 's all a long way off , ’ Joanna said cheerfully .
6 It 's all a long time ago and I 've been married to him for thirty-nine years .
7 It 's all a long time ago now of course .
8 ‘ That was all a long time ago now . ’
9 It was all a long time , such a very long time , ago .
10 But that was all a long time ago , was n't it ?
11 As I told you that was all a long time ago .
12 ‘ It is none of my affair and , besides , it was all a long time ago . ’
13 ‘ Yes , well … that was all a long time ago , ’ Laura said firmly .
14 ‘ Sometimes I sang with Lingdale Silver Band , ’ she says , ‘ but it was all a long time ago . ’
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