Example sentences of "was [adj] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And after that she seemed happy the rest of the way , saying how lovely it had been to see them even for such a short time and how she 'd come down again when she could , but it was such a long way and the trains were so crowded with soldiers and she had had to take two whole days off from the ambulance station . |
| 2 | And since it was such a long way from goal there was no no advantage in going down was there ? |
| 3 | It was such a long trip , ’ she could n't help craning her neck to see where the old witch was . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This element of the second stanza creates a sensation that Tithonus now refers to himself as a completely different man to what he was in his youth as it was such a long time ago . |
| 6 | There was such a long silence that he looked up from his plate . |
| 7 | I only did it cos it was such a long number to put in all the |
| 8 | I was awake a long time that night . |
| 9 | ‘ That was all a long time ago now . ’ |
| 10 | It was all a long time , such a very long time , ago . |
| 11 | But that was all a long time ago , was n't it ? |
| 12 | As I told you that was all a long time ago . |
| 13 | ‘ It is none of my affair and , besides , it was all a long time ago . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , well … that was all a long time ago , ’ Laura said firmly . |
| 15 | ‘ Sometimes I sang with Lingdale Silver Band , ’ she says , ‘ but it was all a long time ago . ’ |
| 16 | The repossession problem was apparent a long time before the politicians decided it was an issue — the figure of 80,000 , which is equivalent to a town the size of Coventry , referred to homes that HAD already been repossessed . |