Example sentences of "all a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | All a long way from a pint of mild and a bag of chips after a night at the City Varieties … |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ They 're all a long way below us . ’ |
| 5 | Nor did Egypt , which is after all a long way to the east of Cyrene ( Athens being nearer to Cyrene than is the Nile ) make much impact except in a few points of ritual . |
| 6 | But they 're all a long way off , and they look very faint . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , it 's all a long way off , ’ Joanna said cheerfully . |
| 8 | ‘ That was all a long time ago now . ’ |
| 9 | I 've known them all a long time and I love 'em … |
| 10 | It 's all a long time ago and I 've been married to him for thirty-nine years . |
| 11 | It was all a long time , such a very long time , ago . |
| 12 | Christine said , ‘ He 's using ‘ Du' ’ to address us , as though he 's known us all a long time . ’ |
| 13 | But that was all a long time ago , was n't it ? |
| 14 | Three years is after all a long time . |
| 15 | It 's all a long time ago now of course . |
| 16 | As I told you that was all a long time ago . |
| 17 | ‘ It is none of my affair and , besides , it was all a long time ago . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , well … that was all a long time ago , ’ Laura said firmly . |
| 19 | ‘ Sometimes I sang with Lingdale Silver Band , ’ she says , ‘ but it was all a long time ago . ’ |