Time passed, and they thought he had surely forgotten them, Then as time passed, at the end of almost two years, they thought, Well, perhaps our father has died.

The line is huge, so I guess I just have to give up .

I have been waiting here for a long time.

They have long become obsolete.

In fact, it had been a long time since I'd seen you.

It's been forever since I didn't go to the beach.

I haven't been fishing in a long time.

I lost hope in freedom of the press in Jordan a long time ago.

It takes children a long time to break into the system.

It took me a long time to explain that I'm not her and that she's not me.

On one hand, this is a long time coming.

They've been around a long time, have been very important to coast communities.

It's been a long while since we had such fine weather.

Not long after that, it was annexed by the Normans.

Holding a referendum would require considerable time and resources.

King David lived to be 70, a long time in his era.

Change is definitely overdue in that respect. But what changes are required?

For too long, Africa has remained the backwater of development.

Preventing sexual harassment in the police service has long been a priority.

Not long after, I was fitted with hearing aids.

But it has been a while since Indians and Chinese had much to do with each other.

Joseph Kony has been doing this for a very, very, very long time.

Immunization of children was provided long before independence.

They are unique. They are useful sometimes, often a long time after the fact.

Before long, she is cheating on her boyfriend and swooning into Song s arms and bed.

Apart from traditional diplomacy, they should have transmitted the feelings of its public to those on the other side of the border.

Such comprehensive strategies should have been put in place long ago.

Practical measures and they have been on the table for a long time are important to that end.

It has been a long time since the words opportunity and Middle East appeared in the same sentence.

The establishment of a nuclear weapon free zone in the region of the Middle East will take time to achieve.

UNODC is in the process of reviewing long outstanding completed projects with the aim of closing them financially and clearing long outstanding advances.

1983. Bob Dylan is 42 years old, and his time in the cultural spotlight is long since past.

Before long, allies in the war against fascism split apart in a Cold War.

The market will prove one side right before too long.

Most Russians reached this conclusion long before the Beslan attack.

He said, Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them.

And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.

The international community and this Organization have long owed the Palestinian people its own State.

Well, for a long time, since I was in graduate school, I've been messing around making DNA chips that is, printing DNA on glass.

Before long, an effort to document and publish the truth will be necessary.

Terrorism emerged as a threat to Iraq's people not long after the invasion of 2003.

About 1 million people per year will soon die from smoking in China and India.

It wasn t long ago that Turkey appeared to be a bright beacon of democracy and moderation in a region accustomed to autocracy and radicalism.

And I don't want it to leave me It's been a while since you guys have been picking your last bale of cotton, isn't it?

The truth is that most creativity is cumulative and collaborative like Wikipedia, it develops over a long period of time.