He remembered the long dinners where he had to talk to his wife's friends for hours.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

Calhoun said that for a long time he had believed that the dispute over slavery -- if not settled -- would end in disunion.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

He had spent much time with them during their long trip to Utah ten years earlier.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

He thought that this was evidence that the bottom of the ocean had been lifted up by powerful geological forces over long periods of time.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

(Speaking) Institute director Eric Leonhardt says he's had his eye on the dairy herd as a source of transportation fuel for a long time.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

"This was a first and therefore you had to deal with his absurd and vile policies and the analysis of them had to take a long time and you had to get right down deep into him and how he thought,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.23