Example sentences of "i [vb past] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized a long time ago why you were so set on Charlie and me marrying , and I 'm very fond of him , and I 'd like to go on living at Lady Mead for the rest of my life . |
| 2 | I spent a long time photographing the falls , taken with their grace . |
| 3 | I spent a long time reading the advertisements . |
| 4 | So I spent a long time trying to hide the place . |
| 5 | It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room . |
| 6 | I spent a long time diving frantically after them , jamming the sheet at a bunch only to see half of them streaking out the other end , and I might have gone on indefinitely had I not felt a gentle touch on my arm . |
| 7 | I know it sounds thin , sir , but I spent a long time getting no further than that and I do n't think we shall do better until we have an angle — some sort of leverage . ’ |
| 8 | I knew a long time ago it was n't right when he wanted to … . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ At the same time , there was one other bit of me that was very practical that realized that the only money to be made if you were to stay in England — and I never thought of going anywhere else — was to get into commercials , and I waited a long time until a script came along that I thought was genuinely funny . |
| 10 | I queued a long time for that loaf . |
| 11 | I wrote a long time ago to his Department and asked it to move against him and the Department failed to do so . |